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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Wade v. Green 22 Tenn. 547 1842 0 Tennessee
Thurman v. Shelton 18 Tenn. 383 1837 0 Tennessee
Autrey v. Autrey's Adm'r 37 Ala. 614 1861 0 Alabama
Haden v. Phillips 21 La. Ann. 517 1869 0 Louisiana
Weber v. Ory 14 La. Ann. 537 1859 0 Louisiana
Linda v. Hudson 55 Mass. 385 1848 0 Civil Massachusetts
Hart v. Hill 1 Whart. 124 1836 0 Civil SC of PA.
Butler v. Hopper 4 F. Cas. 904 1806 0 Civil Circuit Court, D. PA.
Inhabitants of Stockbridge v. Inhabitants of West Stockbridge 14 Mass. 257 1817 0 Civil Massachusetts
Frith v. Sprague 14 Mass. 455 1817 0 Civil Massachusetts
Cantzon's Lessee v. Dorr 27 Miss. 245 1854 0 Mississippi
Evans v. Bollen 8 F. Cas. 836 1800 0 Civil Circuit Court, D. PA.
Small v. The Messenger 22 F. Cas. 366 1807 0 Civil District Court, D. PA.
Lynch v. Commonwealth 6 Watts 495 1837 0 Civil SC of PA.
Lathrop v. Lumpkin 41 Va. 49 1843 0 SC of Appeals VA
Williamson's Ex'or v. Howard 41 Va. 39 1843 0 SC of Appeals VA
Jack v. Martin 12 Wend. 311 1834 0 Civil SC of Judicature of New York
Lewis v. Holbrook 91 Mass. 347 1864 0 Civil Massachusetts
Van Metre v. Mitchell 28 F. Cas. 1042 1853 0 Civil Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
Dunbar v. Williams 10 Johns. 249 1813 0 Civil SC of New York