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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Peter v. Steel 3 Yeates 250 1801 0 Civil SC of PA.
Owens v. People 13 Ill. 59 1851 0 Civil Illinois
Overseers of the Poor v. Overseers of the Poor 15 Johns. 283 1818 0 Civil SC of New York
Riley v. Watson 18 Ind. 291 1862 0 Civil Indiana
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
Norris v. Harris 15 Cal. 226 1860 0 Civil California
Commonwealth ex rel. Bell v. Greason 5 Serg. & Rawle 333 1819 0 Civil SC of PA.
Respublica v. Betsey 1 U.S. 469 1789 0 Civil SC of PA.
Cook v. Husted 12 Johns. 188 1815 0 Civil SC of New York
Livingston v. Bain 10 Wend. 384 1833 0 Civil SC of Judicature of New York
Town of New Haven v. Town of Huntington 22 Conn. 25 1852 0 Civil Connecticut
Commonwealth ex rel. Lewis v. Holloway 6 Binn. 213 1814 0 Civil SC of PA.
Harris v. Galbraith 43 Ill. 309 1867 0 Civil Illinois
Griffin v. Potter 14 Wend. 209 1835 0 Civil SC of Judicature of New York
Trongott v. Byers 5 Cow. 480 1826 0 Civil SC of New York
Concklin v. Havens 12 Johns. 314 1815 0 Civil SC of New York
Commonwealth v. Blaine 4 Binn. 186 1811 0 Civil SC of PA.
Aldrich v. Fox 1 Me. 316 1821 1 Civil Maine