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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Gibson v. Land 27 Ala. 117 1855 0 Alabama
Overton v. Ex'ors of Morris 3 Port. 249 1836 0 Alabama
Chester v. Greer 24 Tenn. 26 1844 0 Tennessee
Buel v. Pumphrey 2 Md. 261 1852 0 Maryland
Bostick v. Hardy 30 Ga. 836 1860 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Overseers of the Poor v. Overseers of the Poor 6 Serg. & Rawle 103 1820 0 Civil SC of PA.
In re Omohundro's Estate 2 Brewst. 298 1870 0 Civil SC of PA.
Commonwealth ex rel. Stephens v. Clements 6 Binn. 206 1814 0 Civil SC of PA.
Schwartz v. Insurance Co. of North America 6 Binn. 378 1814 0 Civil SC of PA.
King v. Morrison 1 Pen. & W. 188 1829 0 Civil SC of PA.
Scruggs & Lindsay v. Orme 46 Ala. 533 1871 0 Alabama
Hamilton v. Commonwealth 3 Pen. & W. 142 1831 0 Criminal SC of PA.
Wilson v. Belinda 3 Serg. & Rawl. 396 1817 0 Civil SC of PA.
Flack v. Cunningham 1 Blackf. 107 1820 0 Civil Indiana
Marchand v. Negro Peggy 2 Serg. & Rawle 18 1815 0 Civil SC of PA.
United States v. The Catharine 25 F. Cas. 332 1840 0 Criminal Circuit Court, D. New York
Concklin v. The Harmony 6 F. Cas. 259 1797 0 Civil District Court, D. New York
Coles v. County of Madison 1 Ill. 154 1826 0 Criminal Illinois
Baylor v. McGregor 1 Stew. & P. 158 1831 0 Alabama
Eells v. People 5 Ill. 497 1843 0 Criminal Illinois