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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Respublica v. Smith 4 Yeates 204 1805 0 Civil SC of PA.
Tryphenia v. Harrison 24 F. Cas. 252 1806 0 Civil Circuit Court, D. PA.
Pleasants' Appeal 77 Pa. 356 1875 0 Civil Pennsylvania
Havens v. Van Den Burgh 1 Denio 27 1845 0 Civil SC of New York
Stiles v. Nelly 10 Serg. & Rawle 366 1823 0 Civil SC of PA.
In re Denison 1 Blume Sup. Ct. Trans. 139 1807 0 Civil Michigan
Jackson ex dem. Varick v. Waldron 13 Wend. 178 1834 0 Civil Court for the Correction of Errors of New York
Greenwood v. Curtis 4 Mass. 93 1808 0 Civil Massachusetts
Ela v. Smith 71 Mass. 121 1855 0 Civil Massachusetts
Vanderzee v. Vanderzee 36 N.Y. 231 1867 0 Civil Court of Appeals of New York
Hartman v. Keystone Insurance 21 Pa. 466 1853 0 Civil SC of PA.
Gibbs v. Mennard 6 Paige Ch. 258 1837 0 Civil Chancery Court of New York
Beltzhoover v. Costen 7 Pa. 13 1847 0 Civil SC of PA.
Lemmon v. People 20 N.Y. 562 1859 0 Civil Court of Appeals of New York
Schuyler v. Russ 2 Cai. 202 1804 0 Civil SC of New York
The Merchant 17 F. Cas. 36 1857 0 Civil Circuit Court, S.D. New York
Sheckell v. Jackson 64 Mass. 25 1852 0 Civil Massachusetts
Paxson v. Lefferts 3 Rawle 59 1831 0 Civil SC of PA.
Case of Williams 29 F. Cas. 1334 1839 0 Civil District Court, E.D. PA.
Hill v. Low 12 F. Cas. 172 1822 0 Civil Circuit Court, E.D. PA.