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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Cowperthwaite v. Jones 2 U.S. 55 1790 0 Civil Court of Common Pleas of PA., Philadelphia County
Dubois v. Allen 1 Ant. N.P. Cas. 128 1809 0 Civil SC of New York
Vrooman v. Phelps 2 Johns. 177 1807 0 Civil SC of New York
Gilpin v. Vincent 9 Johns. 219 1812 0 Civil SC of New York
In re Mickel 14 Johns. 324 1817 0 Civil SC of New York
Overseers of the Poor of Marbletown v. Overseers of the Poor of Kingston 20 Johns. 1 1822 0 Civil SC of New York
Van Kleeck v. Ministers of the Reformed Dutch Church 6 Paige Ch. 600 1837 0 Civil Chancery Court of New York
Jack v. Martin 14 Wend. 507 1835 0 Civil Court for the Correction of Errors of New York
Overseers of the Poor v. Overseers of the Poor 6 Serg. & Rawle 103 1820 0 Civil SC of PA.
In re Omohundro's Estate 2 Brewst. 298 1870 0 Civil SC of PA.
Flack v. Cunningham 1 Blackf. 107 1820 0 Civil Indiana
Wilson v. Belinda 3 Serg. & Rawl. 396 1817 0 Civil SC of PA.
Marchand v. Negro Peggy 2 Serg. & Rawle 18 1815 0 Civil SC of PA.
Concklin v. The Harmony 6 F. Cas. 259 1797 0 Civil District Court, D. New York
Arabas v. Ivers 1 Root 92 1784 0 Civil Connecticut
Sarah v. Borders 5 Ill. 341 1843 0 Civil Illinois
Pickering v. DeRochemont 45 N.H. 67 1863 0 Civil New Hampshire
Richards v. Stewart 2 Day 328 1806 0 Civil Connecticut
Roundtree v. Baker 52 Ill. 241 1869 0 Civil Illinois
Dickey v. United Insurance 11 Johns. 358 1814 0 Civil Court for the Correction of Errors of New York