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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Slacum v. Smith 2 D.C. 149 1818 0 United States
Washington v. Wilson 2 D.C. 153 1818 0 United States
Rogers v. Fenwick 1 D.C. 136 1803 0 United States
Sam v. Green 2 D.C. 165 1819 0 United States
United States v. Jeffers 4 D.C. 704 1836 0 United States
Bowie v. Hunter 4 D.C. 699 1836 0 United States
United States v. Bowen 4 D.C. 604 1835 0 United States
Lockhart v. Horn 15 F. Cas. 751 1871 0 United States
Gillespie v. McKnight 10 F. Cas. 385 1870 0 United States
Mathews v. Springer 16 F. Cas. 1096 1871 0 United States
The Glamorgan 10 F. Cas. 463 1854 0 United States
Thompson v. Carbery 2 D.C. 39 1811 0 United States
The Porpoise 19 F. Cas. 1064 1855 0 United States
United States v. The Isla De Cuba 26 F. Cas. 553 1860 0 United States
The Wanderer 29 F. Cas. 150 1860 0 United States
United States v. Kelly 26 F. Cas. 697 1863 0 United States
United States v. The Isla De Cuba 26 F. Cas. 548 1864 0 United States
Charge to Grand Jury—Fugitive Slave Law 30 F. Cas. 1015 1851 0 United States
The Alexander 1 F. Cas. 362 1823 0 United States
Osborn v. Nicholson 18 F. Cas. 846 1870 0 United States