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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Griffin v. Potter 14 Wend. 209 1835 0 Civil SC of Judicature of New York
Austin v. State 160 Me. 240D 1964 1 Civil Maine
Bernard v. Merrill 91 Me. 358 1898 1 Civil Maine
Flack v. Cunningham 1 Blackf. 107 1820 0 Civil Indiana
State v. Lasselle 1 Blackf. 60 1820 0 Civil Indiana
Farrell v. Patterson 43 Ill. 52 1867 0 Civil Illinois
Town of Columbia v. Williams 3 Conn. 467 1820 0 Civil Connecticut
Sands v. Codwise 4 Johns. 536 1808 0 Civil Court for the Correction of Errors of New York
Fleming v. Slocum 18 Johns. 403 1820 0 Civil SC of New York
Ingalls v. Bulkley 15 Ill. 224 1853 0 Civil Illinois
Kettletas v. Fleet 1 Ant. N.P. Cas. 52 1808 0 Civil SC of New York
Commonwealth ex rel. Lewis v. Holloway 6 Binn. 213 1814 0 Civil SC of PA.
Mears v. Morrison 1 Ill. 223 1827 0 Civil Illinois
Evans v. Bollen 8 F. Cas. 836 1800 0 Civil Circuit Court, D. PA.
Small v. The Messenger 22 F. Cas. 366 1807 0 Civil District Court, D. PA.
Lynch v. Commonwealth 6 Watts 495 1837 0 Civil SC of PA.
In re Ralph 1 Morris 1 1839 0 Civil Iowa
United States ex rel. Wheeler v. Williamson 28 F. Cas. 682 1855 0 Civil District Court, E.D. PA.
Marchand v. Negro Peggy 2 Serg. & Rawle 18 1815 0 Civil SC of PA.
Ex parte Jenkins 13 F. Cas. 445 1853 0 Civil Circuit Court, E.D. PA.