Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Adams v. Wheeler 27 Mass. 199 1830 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Barnacle 134 Mass. 215 1883 1 Massachusetts
Kent v. Barker 68 Mass. 535 1854 1 Massachusetts
Hale v. Joslin 134 Mass. 310 1883 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Roosnell 143 Mass. 32 1886 1 Massachusetts
Ellis v. Boston, Hartford & Erie Railroad 107 Mass. 1 1871 1 Massachusetts
Howe v. Freeman 80 Mass. 566 1860 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Knapp 26 Mass. 496 1830 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Davis 77 Mass. 4 1858 1 Massachusetts
Rand v. Hubbard 45 Mass. 252 1842 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Jenkins 76 Mass. 485 1858 1 Massachusetts
Frost v. Thompson 219 Mass. 360 1914 1 Massachusetts
Gibson v. Soper 72 Mass. 279 1856 1 Massachusetts
Bell v. Nesmith 217 Mass. 254 1914 1 Massachusetts
Ayres v. Waite 64 Mass. 72 1852 1 Massachusetts
Stone v. City of Charlestown 114 Mass. 214 1873 1 Massachusetts
Ela v. Edwards 82 Mass. 91 1860 1 Massachusetts
Riggs v. Riggs 135 Mass. 238 1883 1 Massachusetts
Hurley v. Commonwealth 188 Mass. 443 1905 1 Massachusetts
Gibbs vs. Marsh 43 Mass. 243 1841 1 Massachusetts