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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Trim v. Willoughby 44 How. Pr. 189 1872 1 New York
Havermans v. City of Troy 50 How. Pr. 510 1875 1 New York
Fuchs v. Kansas City Southern Ry. Co. 132 La. 782 1912 1 Louisiana
Doggett v. Walter 15 Fla. 355 1875 1 Florida
Commonwealth v. Jennings 121 Mass. 47 1876 1 Massachusetts
Dibble v. Hathaway 18 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 571 1877 1 New York
Thompson v. State 54 Miss. 740 1877 1 Mississippi
Pierson v. People 25 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 239 1879 1 New York
State v. Gregory 33 La. Ann. 737 1881 1 Louisiana
State v. Howard 72 Me. 459 1881 1 Maine
Tabor v. Herrick 54 Vt. 630 1882 1 Vermont
Nagel v. City of Buffalo 41 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 1 1884 1 New York
Tingue v. Village of Port Chester 101 N.Y. 294 1886 1 New York
Reining v. City of Buffalo 102 N.Y. 308 1886 1 New York
Bullard v. Des Moines & Fort Dodge Railroad 122 U.S. 167 1887 1 United States
Miller v. Shields 124 Ind. 166 1890 1 Indiana
Berger v. Varrelmann 38 N.Y. St. Rep. 813 1891 1 New York
Berger v. Varrelmann 127 N.Y. 281 1891 1 New York
Mack v. Prince 40 W. Va. 324 1895 1 West Virginia
Rowell v. Janvrin 151 N.Y. 60 1896 1 New York