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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Holmes v. Patterson 5 Mart. (o.s.) 693 1818 0 Louisiana
Commonwealth v. Hambright 4 Serg. & Rawle 218 1818 0 SC of PA.
Fishwick's Adm'r. v. Sewell 4 H. & J. 393 1818 0 Maryland
Watson v. Inhabitants of Cambridge 15 Mass. 286 1818 0 Massachusetts
Wilson v. George 2 Del. Cas. 413 1818 0 Delaware
Horne v. Lyeth 4 H. & J. 431 1818 0 Maryland
Ervine v. Dotton 20 Va. 231 1818 0 SC of Appeals VA
State v. Aaron 4 N.J.L. 231 1818 0 Criminal New Jersey
Galt v. Carter 20 Va. 245 1818 0 SC of Appeals VA
State v. Dick 6 N.C. 388 1818 0 North Carolina
Burrows v. Truitt 1 Del. Cas. 613 1818 0 Delaware
Watson v. Hall 2 D.C. 154 1818 0 United States
Love v. Boyd 2 D.C. 156 1818 0 United States
Maurin v. Martinez 5 Mart. (o.s.) 432 1818 0 Louisiana
Contee v. Garner 2 D.C. 162 1818 0 United States
State v. Cherry 7 N.C. 7 1819 0 North Carolina
Cowan v. Green 7 N.C. 569 1819 0 North Carolina
Shepperd v. Ex'r of Murdock 7 N.C. 218 1819 0 North Carolina
Riden v. Frion 7 N.C. 577 1819 0 North Carolina
Commonwealth ex rel. Bell v. Greason 5 Serg. & Rawle 333 1819 0 Civil SC of PA.