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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Campbell v. Wallace 3 Yeates 271 1801 0 Civil SC of PA.
Peter v. Steel 3 Yeates 250 1801 0 Civil SC of PA.
Scidmore v. Smith 13 Johns. 322 1816 0 Civil SC of New York
Oothout v. Thompson 20 Johns. 277 1822 0 Civil SC of New York
Aldrich v. Fox 1 Me. 316 1821 1 Civil Maine
Beacroft v. Strawn 67 Ill. 28 1873 0 Civil Illinois
Riley v. Watson 18 Ind. 291 1862 0 Civil Indiana
Jarrot v. Jarrot 7 Ill. 1 1845 0 Civil Illinois
In re Archy 9 Cal. 147 1858 0 Civil California
Commonwealth ex rel. Jesse v. Craig 1 Serg. & Rawle 23 1814 0 Civil SC of PA.
Overseers of the Poor v. Overseers of the Poor 15 Johns. 283 1818 0 Civil SC of New York
Van Epps v. Van Deusen 4 Paige Ch. 64 1833 0 Civil Chancery Court of New York
United States v. The Augusta 24 F. Cas. 892 1861 0 Civil District Court, S.D. New York
Commonwealth v. Blaine 4 Binn. 186 1811 0 Civil SC of PA.
M'Dowell v. Burd 6 Binn. 198 1813 0 Civil SC of PA.
The Laurens 14 F. Cas. 1192 1848 0 Civil District Court, S.D. New York
Livingston v. Bain 10 Wend. 384 1833 0 Civil SC of Judicature of New York
Town of New Haven v. Town of Huntington 22 Conn. 25 1852 0 Civil Connecticut
Bartels v. Harris 4 Me. 146 1826 1 Civil Maine
Pirate v. Dalby 1 U.S. 167 1786 0 Civil SC of PA.