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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
United States v. Gordon 25 F. Cas. 1364 1861 0 Criminal Circuit Court, S.D. New York
Chambers v. People 5 Ill. 351 1843 0 Criminal Illinois
Commonwealth v. Barker 11 Serg. & Rawle 360 1824 0 Criminal SC of PA.
United States v. Kennedy 26 F. Cas. 762 1821 0 Criminal Circuit Court, D. PA.
Birney v. State 8 Ohio 230 1837 0 Criminal Ohio
Jackson v. Bulloch 12 Conn. 38 1837 0 Civil Connecticut
Covenhoven v. Seaman 1 Johns. Cas. 23 1799 0 Civil SC of New York
Skinner v. Fleet 14 Johns. 263 1817 0 Civil SC of New York
Burlingham v. Belding 21 Wend. 463 1839 0 Civil SC of Judicature of New York
United States v. Westervelt 28 F. Cas. 529 1861 0 Criminal Circuit Court, S.D. New York
Hart v. Cleis 8 Johns. 41 1811 0 Civil SC of New York
Floyd v. Barker 1 Paige Ch. 481 1829 0 Civil Chancery Court of New York
Commonwealth ex rel. Johnson v. Holloway 3 Serg. & Rawl. 4 1817 0 Criminal SC of PA.
Vaughn v. Wood 5 Ala. 304 1843 0 Alabama
State ex rel. Boissac v. Petit 14 La. Ann. 565 1859 0 Louisiana
United States v. Horn 26 F. Cas. 373 1862 0 Criminal Circuit Court, S.D. New York
Boon v. Juliet 2 Ill. 258 1836 0 Civil Illinois
Respublica v. Richards 2 U.S. 224 1795 0 Criminal Pennsylvania
Crawford v. Alexander 14 La. Ann. 708 1859 0 Louisiana
United States v. Santos 27 F. Cas. 954 1862 0 Criminal Circuit Court, S.D. New York