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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Sarah v. Borders 5 Ill. 341 1843 0 Civil Illinois
Jack v. Martin 12 Wend. 311 1834 0 Civil SC of Judicature of New York
Trustees of Methodist Episcopal Church v. Jaques 1 Johns. Ch. 65 1814 0 Civil Chancery Court of New York
Lewis v. Holbrook 91 Mass. 347 1864 0 Civil Massachusetts
Van Metre v. Mitchell 28 F. Cas. 1042 1853 0 Civil Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
Dunbar v. Williams 10 Johns. 249 1813 0 Civil SC of New York
Arabas v. Ivers 1 Root 92 1784 0 Civil Connecticut
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