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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Charter v. Otis 41 Barb. 525 1862 1 New York
In re the Accounting of Underhill 117 N.Y. 471 1889 1 New York
Whitney v. Whitney 70 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 59 1892 1 New York
Alden v. Earle 56 N.Y. Super. Ct. 366 1889 1 New York
Whitney v. Whitney 43 N.Y. St. Rep. 841 1892 1 New York
Harris v. American Bible Society 4 Abb. Pr. 421 1867 1 New York
Smith v. Floyd 140 N.Y. 337 1893 1 New York
Dwinelle v. Edey 102 N.Y. 423 1886 1 New York
Harris v. Slaght 46 Barb. 470 1866 1 New York
Hoyle v. Whiteside 1 Thomp. & Cook 301 1873 1 New York
Bedell v. Shaw 59 N.Y. 46 1874 1 New York
Ritch v. Hawxhurst 114 N.Y. 512 1889 1 New York
Smart v. Bement 4 Abb. Ct. App. 253 1866 1 New York
People v. Smith 219 N.Y. 222 1916 1 New York
People v. Smith 35 N.Y. Crim. 280 1916 1 New York
In re the North Shore Staten Island Ferry Co. 63 Barb. 556 1872 1 New York
People v. Stephens 51 How. Pr. 235 1876 1 New York
Harris v. American Bible Society 4 Trans. App. 485 1867 1 New York
In re Carver's Estate 3 Misc. 567 1893 1 New York
Sheridan v. House 4 Keyes 569 1868 1 New York