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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Curtis v. Jones 1 How. App. Cas. 137 1847 1 New York
Broughton v. King 2 La. Ann. 569 1847 1 Louisiana
Pearson v. City of Portland 69 Me. 278 1879 1 Maine
City of New Orleans v. Graves 34 La. 840 1882 1 Louisiana
Pearson v. Pearson 51 Cal. 120 1875 1 California
People v. McLeod 1 Hill & Den. 377 1841 1 New York
People v. McLeod 25 Wend. 481 1841 1 New York
Supervisors of Onondaga v. Briggs 2 Denio 26 1846 1 New York
People v. Tyler 7 Mich. 161 1859 1 Michigan
Erickson v. Smith 2 Abb. Ct. App. 64 1869 1 New York
Erickson v. Smith 38 How. Pr. 454 1869 1 New York
Costas v. Board of Sup’rs 198 Miss. 440 1945 1 Mississippi
Dewey v. Moyer 16 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 473 1877 1 New York
Work v. Corrington 34 Ohio St. 64 1877 1 Ohio
Dewey v. Moyer 72 N.Y. 70 1878 1 New York
Wilcox v. Nolze 34 Ohio St. 520 1878 1 Ohio
The Roanoke 189 U.S. 185 1903 1 United States
People ex rel. Matochik v. Baker 306 N.Y. 32 1953 1 New York
Le Roy v. Mayor of New-York 20 Johns. 430 1823 1 New York
Overseers of the Poor v. Overseers of the Poor 2 Cow. 537 1824 1 New York