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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Ware 10 Ala. 814 1846 0 Alabama
Moore v. Allen 25 Miss. 363 1853 0 Mississippi
Inhabitants of Gardiner v. Inhabitants of Farmingdale 45 Me. 537 1858 0 SC of Maine
Shirk's Case 3 Grant 460 1863 0 SC of PA.
Camfranque v. Burnell 4 F. Cas. 1130 1806 0 Circuit Court, D. PA.
Commonwealth v. Hambright 4 Serg. & Rawle 218 1818 0 SC of PA.
Overseers v. Kline 9 Pa. 217 1848 0 SC of PA.
Hobbs v. Fogg 6 Watts 553 1837 0 SC of PA.
Pond v. Smith 4 Conn. 297 1822 0 Civil Connecticut
Caldwell v. May 1 Stew. 425 1828 0 Alabama
Reese v. Harris 27 Ala. 301 1855 0 Alabama
Pickard v. Peters 3 Ala. 493 1842 0 Alabama
Rench v. Hile 4 H. & McH. 495 1766 0 Maryland
Dejean v. Arnaud 25 La. Ann. 521 1873 0 Louisiana
United States v. Bowman 24 F. Cas. 1212 1808 0 Criminal Circuit Court, D. PA.
State v. Van Waggoner 6 N.J.L. 374 1797 0 Civil New Jersey
Pettis v. Warren 1 Kirby 426 1788 0 Civil Connecticut
Williamson v. Lewis 39 Pa. 9 1861 0 Civil SC of PA.
Polydore v. Prince 19 F. Cas. 950 1837 0 Civil District Court, D. Maine
Stewart v. Chiswell 4 H. & McH. 527 1771 0 Maryland