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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Elson v. M'Colloch 4 Yeates 115 1804 0 Civil SC of PA.
Sarah v. Borders 5 Ill. 341 1843 0 Civil Illinois
Jack v. Martin 12 Wend. 311 1834 0 Civil SC of Judicature of New York
Trustees of Methodist Episcopal Church v. Jaques 1 Johns. Ch. 65 1814 0 Civil Chancery Court of New York
Commonwealth ex rel. Taylor v. Hasson 3 Pen. & W. 237 1831 0 Civil SC of PA.
Lewis v. Holbrook 91 Mass. 347 1864 0 Civil Massachusetts
Van Metre v. Mitchell 28 F. Cas. 1042 1853 0 Civil Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
Dunbar v. Williams 10 Johns. 249 1813 0 Civil SC of New York
Arabas v. Ivers 1 Root 92 1784 0 Civil Connecticut
Pickering v. DeRochemont 45 N.H. 67 1863 0 Civil New Hampshire
Mears v. Morrison 1 Ill. 223 1827 0 Civil Illinois
Overseers of the Poor v. Overseers of the Poor 15 Johns. 283 1818 0 Civil SC of New York
Van Epps v. Van Deusen 4 Paige Ch. 64 1833 0 Civil Chancery Court of New York
Seguine v. Seguine 4 Abb. Ct. App. 191 1867 0 Civil Court of Appeals of New York
United States v. The Augusta 24 F. Cas. 892 1861 0 Civil District Court, S.D. New York
Oatfield v. Waring 14 Johns. 188 1817 0 Civil SC of New York
Jackson v. Bulloch 12 Conn. 38 1837 0 Civil Connecticut
Beacroft v. Strawn 67 Ill. 28 1873 0 Civil Illinois
Covenhoven v. Seaman 1 Johns. Cas. 23 1799 0 Civil SC of New York
Skinner v. Fleet 14 Johns. 263 1817 0 Civil SC of New York