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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Wood v. Stephen 1 Serg. & Rawle 175 1814 0 Civil SC of PA.
Graham v. Graham 1 Serg. & Rawle 330 1815 0 Civil SC of PA.
Alexander v. Stokely 7 Serg. & Rawle 299 1821 0 Civil SC of PA.
Scott v. Price 2 Serg. & Rawle 59 1815 0 Civil SC of PA.
Commonwealth v. Holloway 2 Serg. & Rawle 305 1816 0 Civil SC of PA.
Frazer v. Western 1 How. App. Cas. 448 1848 0 Civil Chancery Court of New York
Conframp v. Bunel 6 F. Cas. 275 1806 0 Civil Circuit Court, D. PA.
Higbie v. Hopkins 12 F. Cas. 126 1805 0 Civil Circuit Court, D. PA.
Peterson v. United States 19 F. Cas. 379 1807 0 Civil Circuit Court, D. PA.
Vedder. v. Evertson 3 Paige Ch. 281 1831 0 Civil Chancery Court of New York
Commonwealth v. Taylor 44 Mass. 72 1841 0 Civil Massachusetts
Levy v. Levy 40 Barb. 585 1863 0 Civil SC of New York
Philip v. Kirkpatrick 2 Yeates 444 1799 0 Civil SC of PA.
The Larch 14 F. Cas. 1142 1855 0 Civil District Court, D. Maine
Jackson ex dem. Herkimer v. Billinger 18 Johns. 368 1820 0 Civil SC of New York
Opinion of Judges Appleton and Kent 46 Me. 579 1861 0 Civil SC of Maine
Lemmon v. People 20 N.Y. 562 1859 0 Civil Court of Appeals of New York
John v. Dawson 2 Yeates 449 1799 0 Civil SC of PA.
Livingston v. Ackeston 5 Cow. 531 1826 0 Civil SC of New York
Demyer v. Souzer 6 Wend. 436 1831 0 Civil SC of Judicature of New York