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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Elson v. M'Colloch 4 Yeates 115 1804 0 Civil SC of PA.
Scidmore v. Smith 13 Johns. 322 1816 0 Civil SC of New York
In re Pattinson 1 Blume Sup. Ct. Trans. 321 1807 0 Civil Michigan
Kinney v. Cook 4 Ill. 232 1841 0 Civil Illinois
Brisbane v. Mitchell 8 Serg. & Rawle 423 1822 0 Civil SC of PA.
Cornelius v. Cohen 1 Ill. 131 1825 0 Civil Illinois
Hone v. Ammons 14 Ill. 29 1852 0 Civil Illinois
Williams v. Jarrot 6 Ill. 120 1844 0 Civil Illinois
The Orion 18 F. Cas. 817 1859 0 Civil District Court, S.D. New York
In re Archy 9 Cal. 147 1858 0 Civil California
Smith v. Hoff 1 Cow. 127 1823 0 Civil SC of New York
Respublica v. Smith 4 Yeates 204 1805 0 Civil SC of PA.
Wood v. Vandenburgh 6 Paige Ch. 277 1837 0 Civil Chancery Court of New York
Havens v. Van Den Burgh 1 Denio 27 1845 0 Civil SC of New York
Roundtree v. Baker 52 Ill. 241 1869 0 Civil Illinois
Dickey v. United Insurance 11 Johns. 358 1814 0 Civil Court for the Correction of Errors of New York
Hall v. Vandegrift 3 Binn. 374 1811 0 Civil SC of PA.
Stiles v. Richardson 4 Yeates 82 1804 0 Civil SC of PA.
Glen v. Hodges 9 Johns. 67 1812 0 Civil SC of New York
Ex parte Lawrence 5 Binn. 304 1812 0 Civil SC of PA.