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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Miller v. Dwilling 14 Serg. & Rawle 442 1826 0 Civil SC of PA.
Higbie v. Hopkins 12 F. Cas. 126 1805 0 Civil Circuit Court, D. PA.
Brush v. Wilkins 4 Johns. Ch. 506 1820 0 Civil Chancery Court of New York
Jacob v. Jacob 2 Rawle 204 1828 0 Civil SC of PA.
Goold v. United Insurance Co. 2 Cai. 73 1804 0 Civil SC of New York
Greenwood v. Curtis 4 Mass. 93 1808 0 Civil Massachusetts
Vanderzee v. Vanderzee 36 N.Y. 231 1867 0 Civil Court of Appeals of New York
Stevens v. Columbian Insurance Co. 3 Cai. 43 1805 0 Civil SC of New York
Philip v. Kirkpatrick 2 Yeates 444 1799 0 Civil SC of PA.
Scott v. Price 2 Serg. & Rawle 59 1815 0 Civil SC of PA.
Worthington v. Preston 30 F. Cas. 645 1824 0 Civil Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
Oliver v. Kauffman 18 F. Cas. 657 1850 0 Civil Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
Holt v. Bacon 30 Conn. 21 1861 0 Civil Connecticut
Greenwood v. Curtis 6 Mass. 358 1810 0 Civil Massachusetts
People ex rel. Hedgman v. Board of Registration 26 Mich. 51 1872 0 Civil Michigan
Pelletreau v. Rathbone 18 Johns. 428 1821 0 Civil SC of New York
Ela v. Smith 71 Mass. 121 1855 0 Civil Massachusetts
Lemmon v. People 20 N.Y. 562 1859 0 Civil Court of Appeals of New York
Van Kleeck v. Dutch Church 20 Wend. 457 1838 0 Civil Court for the Correction of Errors of New York
Case of Williams 29 F. Cas. 1334 1839 0 Civil District Court, E.D. PA.