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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
Peter v. Steel 3 Yeates 250 1801 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
Beacroft v. Strawn 67 Ill. 28 1873 0 Civil Illinois
Bailey v. Cromwell 4 Ill. 71 1841 0 Civil Illinois
Owens v. People 13 Ill. 59 1851 0 Civil Illinois
Anderson v. Poindexter 6 Ohio St. 622 1856 0 Civil Ohio
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
Riley v. Watson 18 Ind. 291 1862 0 Civil Indiana
Commonwealth v. Blaine 4 Binn. 186 1811 0 Civil SC of PA.
Ex parte Lawrence 5 Binn. 304 1812 0 Civil SC of PA.
Cook v. Neaff 3 Yeates 259 1801 0 Civil SC of PA.
M'Dowell v. Burd 6 Binn. 198 1813 0 Civil SC of PA.
Jackson v. Bulloch 12 Conn. 38 1837 0 Civil Connecticut
Commonwealth ex rel. Taylor v. Hasson 3 Pen. & W. 237 1831 0 Civil SC of PA.
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