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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Greenwood v. Curtis 6 Mass. 358 1810 0 Civil Massachusetts
Tillotson v. Tillotson 34 Conn. 335 1867 0 Civil Connecticut
In re Kirk 1 Edm. Sel. Cas. 315 1846 0 Civil SC of New York
Geer v. Huntington 2 Root 364 1796 0 Civil Connecticut
Ela v. Smith 71 Mass. 121 1855 0 Civil Massachusetts
Pelletreau v. Rathbone 18 Johns. 428 1821 0 Civil SC of New York
Mann v. Mann 1 Johns. Ch. 231 1814 0 Civil Chancery Court of New York
People ex rel. Hedgman v. Board of Registration 26 Mich. 51 1872 0 Civil Michigan
Thomas Sims's Case 61 Mass. 285 1851 0 Civil Massachusetts
U.S. v. Morris 26 F.Cas. 1323 1851 0 Criminal Circuit Court, D. Mass.
Crandall v. State 10 Conn. 339 1834 0 Criminal Connecticut
In re Charge to Grand Jury - Treason 5 Pa. L.J. 55 1851 0 Criminal Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
United States v. Darnaud 25 F. Cas. 754 1855 0 Criminal Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
United States v. Buck 24 F. Cas. 1289 1860 0 Criminal District Court, E.D. PA.
Hylliard v. Nickols 2 Root 176 1795 0 Criminal Connecticut
Respublica v. Richards 1 Yeates 480 1795 0 Criminal SC of PA.
United States v. Libby 26 F. Cas. 928 1846 0 Criminal Circuit Court, D. Maine
Eells v. People 5 Ill. 497 1843 0 Criminal Illinois
Coles v. County of Madison 1 Ill. 154 1826 0 Criminal Illinois
Hamilton v. Commonwealth 3 Pen. & W. 142 1831 0 Criminal SC of PA.