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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
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
Jordan v. Sawyer 2 D.C. 373 1823 0 United States
United States v. Johnson 4 D.C. 303 1833 0 United States
Grant v. Bontz 2 D.C. 184 1819 0 United States
Patty v. Edelin 1 D.C. 60 1802 0 United States
Atkinson v. Patton 1 D.C. 46 1802 0 United States
Queen v. Neale 2 D.C. 3 1810 0 United States
United States v. Soper 4 D.C. 623 1835 0 United States
Bell v. McCormick 5 D.C. 398 1838 0 United States
Brown v. Robertson 4 F. Cas. 426 1843 0 United States
Fletcher v. United States 9 F. Cas. 274 1844 0 United States
United States v. Shorter 1 D.C. 371 1806 0 United States
United States v. Libellants & Claimants of the Schooner Amistad 40 U.S. 518 1841 1 United States
Press Pub. Co. v. McDonald 63 F. 238 1894 1 United States
Bank of the United States v. Lee 5 D.C. 319 1837 0 United States
United States v. Davidson 4 D.C. 576 1835 0 United States