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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Chapman v. Fenwick 4 D.C. 431 1834 0 United States
Park v. Willis 2 D.C. 83 1813 0 United States
Fidelio v. Dermott 1 D.C. 405 1807 0 United States
United States v. Lindsay 1 D.C. 245 1805 0 United States
Wigle v. Kirby's Executor 3 D.C. 597 1829 0 United States
Richard v. Van Meter 3 D.C. 214 1827 0 United States
Peter v. Cureton 19 F. Cas. 312 1825 0 United States
Jennings v. Corporation of Washington 5 D.C. 512 1838 0 United States
United States v. Terry 1 D.C. 318 1806 0 United States
United States v. Cross 4 D.C. 603 1835 0 United States
Nichols v. Burch 5 D.C. 553 1839 0 United States
Maria v. White 3 D.C. 663 1829 0 United States
Tarlton v. Tippett 2 D.C. 463 1824 0 United States
Esther v. Buckner 4 D.C. 253 1832 0 United States
Peters's Executors v. Breckenridge 2 D.C. 518 1824 0 United States
Semmes v. Sherburne 2 D.C. 637 1825 0 United States
Runaways 4 D.C. 489 1834 0 United States
Ex parte Giberson 4 D.C. 503 1835 0 United States
Smallwood v. Worthington 2 D.C. 431 1823 0 United States
Keziah v. Slye 4 D.C. 463 1834 0 United States