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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Jack v. Martin 12 Wend. 311 1834 0 Civil SC of Judicature of New York
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
Bailey v. Cromwell 4 Ill. 71 1841 0 Civil Illinois
Owens v. People 13 Ill. 59 1851 0 Civil Illinois
Norris v. Harris 15 Cal. 226 1860 0 Civil California
Concklin v. The Harmony 6 F. Cas. 259 1797 0 Civil District Court, D. New York
Commonwealth v. Blaine 4 Binn. 186 1811 0 Civil SC of PA.
Ex parte Lawrence 5 Binn. 304 1812 0 Civil SC of PA.
Mann v. Mann 1 Johns. Ch. 231 1814 0 Civil Chancery Court of New York
In re Kirk 1 Edm. Sel. Cas. 315 1846 0 Civil SC of New York
Cornelius v. Cohen 1 Ill. 131 1825 0 Civil Illinois
Ferris v. Henderson 12 Pa. 49 1849 0 Civil SC of PA.
Petry v. Christy 19 Johns. 53 1821 0 Civil SC of New York
Green v. Vardiman 2 Blackf. 324 1830 0 Civil Indiana
Aza v. Eitlinger 1 Ant. N.P. Cas. 99 1808 0 Civil SC of New York
Rodney v. Illinois Central Railroad 19 Ill. 42 1857 0 Civil Illinois
Brisbane v. Mitchell 8 Serg. & Rawle 423 1822 0 Civil SC of PA.
Phoebe v. Jay 1 Ill. 268 1828 0 Civil Illinois