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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
U.S. v. Morris 26 F.Cas. 1323 1851 0 Criminal Circuit Court, D. Mass.
Sheckell v. Jackson 64 Mass. 25 1852 0 Civil Massachusetts
Linda v. Hudson 55 Mass. 385 1848 0 Civil Massachusetts
Thomas Sims's Case 61 Mass. 285 1851 0 Civil Massachusetts
Ela v. Smith 71 Mass. 121 1855 0 Civil Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Griffith 19 Mass. 11 1823 0 Criminal Massachusetts
Inhabitants of Winchendon v. Inhabitants of Hatfield 4 Mass. 123 1808 0 Massachusetts
Inhabitants of Stockbridge v. Inhabitants of West Stockbridge 13 Mass. 302 1816 0 Massachusetts
Frith v. Sprague 14 Mass. 455 1817 0 Civil Massachusetts
Lewis v. Holbrook 91 Mass. 347 1864 0 Civil Massachusetts
Inhabitants of Stockbridge v. Inhabitants of West Stockbridge 12 Mass. 400 1815 0 SC of Mass.
Greenwood v. Curtis 6 Mass. 358 1810 0 Civil Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Tracy 46 Mass. 536 1843 0 Criminal Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Aves 35 Mass. 193 1836 0 Civil Massachusetts
Lazarus v. Commonwealth Insurance 36 Mass. 81 1837 0 Civil Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Turner 44 Mass. 19 1841 0 Criminal Massachusetts
Jackson v. Phillips 96 Mass. 539 1867 0 Massachusetts
Inhabitants of Milford v. Inhabitants of Bellingham 16 Mass. 108 1819 0 Massachusetts
Inhabitants of Stockbridge v. Inhabitants of West Stockbridge 14 Mass. 257 1817 0 Civil Massachusetts
Attorney General v. Garrison 101 Mass. 223 1869 0 Massachusetts