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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Pettis v. Warren 1 Kirby 426 1788 0 Action of trespass Connecticut
State v. Beach 2 Kirby 20 1787 0 Action for assault Connecticut
Lamb v. Smith 1 Root 419 1792 0 Will & Trust Connecticut
Starr v. Starr 2 Root 303 1795 0 Will & Trust Connecticut
Richards v. Stewart 2 Day 328 1806 0 Action of trover Connecticut
Inhabitants of Windsor v. Inhabitants of Hartford 2 Conn. 355 1817 0 Contract dispute Connecticut
Pond v. Smith 4 Conn. 297 1822 0 Carrying contraband Connecticut
Jackson v. Bulloch 12 Conn. 38 1837 0 Action against slave-owner Connecticut
Pitkin v. Pitkin 7 Conn. 315 1829 0 Will & Trust Connecticut
Arabas v. Ivers 1 Root 92 1784 0 Illegally imprisoned Connecticut
State v. Ransell 41 Conn. 433 1874 0 Failure to provide for family Connecticut
Wilson v. Hinkley 1 Kirby 199 1787 0 Connecticut
Town of Columbia v. Williams 3 Conn. 467 1820 0 Contract dispute Connecticut
Inhabitants of Griswold v. Inhabitants of North-Stonington 5 Conn. 367 1824 0 Recovery for support of alleged slave? Connecticut
Jackson ex dem. Varick v. Waldron 13 Wend. 178 1834 0 Will & Trust Court for the Correction of Errors of New York
Sands v. Codwise 4 Johns. 536 1808 0 Fraud against creditors Court for the Correction of Errors of New York
Van Kleeck v. Dutch Church 20 Wend. 457 1838 0 Will & Trust Court for the Correction of Errors of New York
Jack v. Martin 14 Wend. 507 1835 0 Recovery for Freedom Court for the Correction of Errors of New York
Dickey v. United Insurance 11 Johns. 358 1814 0 Recovery for insurance policy on slaves Court for the Correction of Errors of New York
Lemmon v. People 20 N.Y. 562 1859 0 Recovery for slaves Court of Appeals of New York