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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Chambers v. People 5 Ill. 351 1843 0 Criminal Illinois
Commonwealth v. Barker 11 Serg. & Rawle 360 1824 0 Criminal SC of PA.
United States v. Kennedy 26 F. Cas. 762 1821 0 Criminal Circuit Court, D. PA.
Eells v. People 5 Ill. 497 1843 0 Criminal Illinois
Commonwealth ex rel. Johnson v. Holloway 3 Serg. & Rawl. 4 1817 0 Criminal SC of PA.
Birney v. State 8 Ohio 230 1837 0 Criminal Ohio
Hamilton v. Commonwealth 3 Pen. & W. 142 1831 0 Criminal SC of PA.
United States v. Horn 26 F. Cas. 373 1862 0 Criminal Circuit Court, S.D. New York
State v. Curzy 19 Ind. 430 1862 0 Criminal Indiana
United States v. Westervelt 28 F. Cas. 529 1861 0 Criminal Circuit Court, S.D. New York
United States v. Smidth 27 F. Cas. 1131 1855 0 Criminal Circuit Court, S.D. New York
Respublica v. Richards 2 U.S. 224 1795 0 Criminal Pennsylvania
People v. Wolven 2 Edm. Sel. Cas. 108 1848 0 Criminal City Court of New York
Lane v. Powell 1 Edm. Sel. Cas. 256 1846 0 Criminal SC of New York
US v. Hanway 9 West.L.J. 103 1851 0 Criminal Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
State v. Beach 2 Kirby 20 1787 0 Criminal Connecticut
Graves v. State 1 Ind. 368 1849 0 Criminal Indiana
Commonwealth v. Tracy 46 Mass. 536 1843 0 Criminal Massachusetts
State v. Aaron 4 N.J.L. 231 1818 0 Criminal New Jersey
Nelson v. People 33 Ill. 390 1864 0 Criminal Illinois