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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Lynch v. Commonwealth 6 Watts 495 1837 0 Civil SC of PA.
Floyd v. Barker 1 Paige Ch. 481 1829 0 Civil Chancery Court of New York
Helm v. Miller 17 Johns. 296 1820 0 Civil SC of New York
Hart v. Cleis 8 Johns. 41 1811 0 Civil SC of New York
Wells v. Lane 9 Johns. 144 1812 0 Civil SC of New York
Overseers of the Poor of Marbletown v. Overseers of the Poor of Kingston 20 Johns. 1 1822 0 Civil SC of New York
Schuyler v. Russ 2 Cai. 202 1804 0 Civil SC of New York
Vedder. v. Evertson 3 Paige Ch. 281 1831 0 Civil Chancery Court of New York
Cowperthwaite v. Jones 2 U.S. 55 1790 0 Civil Court of Common Pleas of PA., Philadelphia County
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
Vrooman v. Phelps 2 Johns. 177 1807 0 Civil SC of New York
Gilpin v. Vincent 9 Johns. 219 1812 0 Civil SC of New York
Van Kleeck v. Ministers of the Reformed Dutch Church 6 Paige Ch. 600 1837 0 Civil Chancery Court of New York
Jack v. Martin 14 Wend. 507 1835 0 Civil Court for the Correction of Errors of New York
Overseers of the Poor v. Overseers of the Poor 6 Serg. & Rawle 103 1820 0 Civil SC of PA.
In re Omohundro's Estate 2 Brewst. 298 1870 0 Civil SC of PA.
King v. Morrison 1 Pen. & W. 188 1829 0 Civil SC of PA.
Wilson v. Belinda 3 Serg. & Rawl. 396 1817 0 Civil SC of PA.
Flack v. Cunningham 1 Blackf. 107 1820 0 Civil Indiana