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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Warren v. Brooks 7 Cow. 218 1827 0 SC of New York
Stevens v. Columbian Insurance Co. 3 Cai. 43 1805 0 Civil SC of New York
Woodward v. Washburn 3 Denio 369 1846 0 SC of New York
Van Horne v. Fonda 5 Johns. Ch. 388 1821 0 Chancery Court of New York
Commonwealth v. Griffith 19 Mass. 11 1823 0 Criminal Massachusetts
Adams v. Guerard 29 Ga 651 1860 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Powell v. Governor 13 Ala. 516 1848 0 Alabama
Mitchell v. Wells 37 Miss. 235 1859 0 Mississippi
Watkins v. Bailey 21 Ark. 274 1860 0 Arkansas
May v. Barnard 20 Ala. 200 1852 0 Alabama
Thwing v. Washington Insurance 76 Mass. 443 1858 0 Massachusetts
Brown v. Thorndike 32 Mass. 388 1834 0 Civil Massachusetts
United States v. Smith 27 F. Cas. 1167 1820 0 United States
Richardson v. Noyes 2 Mass. 56 1806 0 Civil Massachusetts
United States v. Coulter 1 D.C. 203 1804 0 United States
Peter v. Cureton 19 F. Cas. 312 1825 0 United States
United States v. Hill 1 D.C. 521 1808 0 United States
Drayton v. United States 7 F. Cas. 1063 1849 0 United States
Ben v. Scott 1 D.C. 407 1807 0 United States
Bell v. Greenfield 5 D.C. 669 1840 0 United States