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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Covenhoven v. Seaman 1 Johns. Cas. 23 1799 0 Civil SC of New York
Reed v. Brashers 3 Port. 375 1836 0 Alabama
Lide v. Lide's Adm'r 32 Ala. 449 1858 0 Alabama
Skinner v. Fleet 14 Johns. 263 1817 0 Civil SC of New York
Burlingham v. Belding 21 Wend. 463 1839 0 Civil SC of Judicature of New York
United States v. Westervelt 28 F. Cas. 529 1861 0 Criminal Circuit Court, S.D. New York
Hart v. Cleis 8 Johns. 41 1811 0 Civil SC of New York
Floyd v. Barker 1 Paige Ch. 481 1829 0 Civil Chancery Court of New York
Commonwealth ex rel. Johnson v. Holloway 3 Serg. & Rawl. 4 1817 0 Criminal SC of PA.
State v. Negro Ben 1 H. & J. 99 1800 0 Maryland
Vaughn v. Wood 5 Ala. 304 1843 0 Alabama
Murray v. State 18 Ala. 727 1851 0 Alabama
Oothout v. Thompson 20 Johns. 277 1822 0 Civil SC of New York
State v. Barden 12 N.C. 518 1828 0 North Carolina
President of the State Bank v. Parker 12 N.C. 484 1828 0 North Carolina
Gill v. Tittle 14 Ala. 528 1848 0 Alabama
State ex rel. Boissac v. Petit 14 La. Ann. 565 1859 0 Louisiana
United States v. Horn 26 F. Cas. 373 1862 0 Criminal Circuit Court, S.D. New York
Boon v. Juliet 2 Ill. 258 1836 0 Civil Illinois
Respublica v. Richards 2 U.S. 224 1795 0 Criminal Pennsylvania