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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Philip v. Kirkpatrick 2 Yeates 444 1799 0 Civil SC of PA.
Higbie v. Hopkins 12 F. Cas. 126 1805 0 Civil Circuit Court, D. PA.
Ex parte Simmons 22 F. Cas. 151 1823 0 Civil Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
Ela v. Smith 71 Mass. 121 1855 0 Civil Massachusetts
Geer v. Huntington 2 Root 364 1796 0 Civil Connecticut
Arabas v. Ivers 1 Root 92 1784 0 Civil Connecticut
Wilson v. Belinda 3 Serg. & Rawl. 396 1817 0 Civil SC of PA.
Sarah v. Borders 5 Ill. 341 1843 0 Civil Illinois
Van Derzee v. Van Derzee 30 Barb. 331 1859 0 Civil SC of New York
Riley v. Watson 18 Ind. 291 1862 0 Civil Indiana
Flack v. Cunningham 1 Blackf. 107 1820 0 Civil Indiana
Linda v. Hudson 55 Mass. 385 1848 0 Civil Massachusetts
Town of Columbia v. Williams 3 Conn. 467 1820 0 Civil Connecticut
Commonwealth ex rel. Hall v. Cook 1 Watts 155 1832 0 Civil SC of PA.
In re Martin 16 F. Cas. 881 1869 0 Civil Circuit Court, S.D. New York
Pitkin v. Pitkin 7 Conn. 315 1829 0 Civil Connecticut
In re Archy 9 Cal. 147 1858 0 Civil California
Elson v. M'Colloch 4 Yeates 115 1804 0 Civil SC of PA.
Campbell v. Wallace 3 Yeates 271 1801 0 Civil SC of PA.
Cook v. Neaff 3 Yeates 259 1801 0 Civil SC of PA.