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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Gillett v. Hall 13 Conn. 426 1840 0 Civil Connecticut
Beltzhoover v. Costen 7 Pa. 13 1847 0 Civil SC of PA.
Jacob v. Jacob 2 Rawle 204 1828 0 Civil SC of PA.
Cobean v. Thompson 1 Pen. & W. 93 1829 0 Civil SC of PA.
John v. Dawson 2 Yeates 449 1799 0 Civil SC of PA.
Livingston v. Ackeston 5 Cow. 531 1826 0 Civil SC of New York
People ex rel. Trainer v. Cooper 8 How. Pr. 288 1853 0 Civil SC of New York
Frazer v. Western 1 How. App. Cas. 448 1848 0 Civil Chancery Court of New York
Fox v. Lambson 8 N.J.L. 339 1826 0 Civil New Jersey
The Laurens 14 F. Cas. 1193 1849 0 Criminal District Court, S.D. New York
Commonwealth v. Griffith 19 Mass. 11 1823 0 Criminal Massachusetts
Wells v. Lane 8 Johns. 462 1811 0 Criminal SC of New York
Fish v. Fisher 2 Johns. Cas. 89 1800 0 Criminal SC of New York
Respublica v. Richards 1 Yeates 480 1795 0 Criminal SC of PA.
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.
Hylliard v. Nickols 2 Root 176 1795 0 Criminal Connecticut
United States v. Buck 24 F. Cas. 1289 1860 0 Criminal District Court, E.D. PA.
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