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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Pickering v. DeRochemont 45 N.H. 67 1863 0 Civil New Hampshire
Wilson v. Belinda 3 Serg. & Rawl. 396 1817 0 Civil SC of PA.
Jackson v. Bulloch 12 Conn. 38 1837 0 Civil Connecticut
Covenhoven v. Seaman 1 Johns. Cas. 23 1799 0 Civil SC of New York
Skinner v. Fleet 14 Johns. 263 1817 0 Civil SC of New York
Burlingham v. Belding 21 Wend. 463 1839 0 Civil SC of Judicature of New York
Hart v. Cleis 8 Johns. 41 1811 0 Civil SC of New York
Floyd v. Barker 1 Paige Ch. 481 1829 0 Civil Chancery Court of New York
Lamb v. Smith 1 Root 419 1792 0 Civil Connecticut
Starr v. Starr 2 Root 303 1795 0 Civil Connecticut
Jackson ex dem. People v. Lervey 5 Cow. 397 1826 0 Civil SC of New York
Boon v. Juliet 2 Ill. 258 1836 0 Civil Illinois
Fanny v. Montgomery 1 Ill. 247 1828 0 Civil Illinois
Cowperthwaite v. Jones 2 U.S. 55 1790 0 Civil Court of Common Pleas of PA., Philadelphia County
Pitkin v. Pitkin 7 Conn. 315 1829 0 Civil Connecticut
Dubois v. Allen 1 Ant. N.P. Cas. 128 1809 0 Civil SC of New York
Lemmon v. People ex rel. Napoleon 26 Barb. 270 1857 0 Civil SC, General Term, New York
Ely v. Van Beuren 3 Cai. 218 1805 0 Civil SC of New York
Phinney v. Phinney 17 How. Pr. 197 1859 0 Civil SC of New York
Vrooman v. Phelps 2 Johns. 177 1807 0 Civil SC of New York