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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Lamb v. Smith 1 Root 419 1792 0 Civil Connecticut
Starr v. Starr 2 Root 303 1795 0 Civil Connecticut
In re Archy 9 Cal. 147 1858 0 Civil California
Jackson ex dem. People v. Lervey 5 Cow. 397 1826 0 Civil SC of New York
Boon v. Juliet 2 Ill. 258 1836 0 Civil Illinois
Fanny v. Montgomery 1 Ill. 247 1828 0 Civil Illinois
Pirate v. Dalby 1 U.S. 167 1786 0 Civil SC of PA.
Cowperthwaite v. Jones 2 U.S. 55 1790 0 Civil Court of Common Pleas of PA., Philadelphia County
Respublica v. Betsey 1 U.S. 469 1789 0 Civil SC of PA.
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
The Laurens 14 F. Cas. 1192 1848 0 Civil District Court, S.D. New York
Sable v. Hitchcock 2 Johns. Cas. 79 1800 0 Civil SC of New York
Quackenboss v. Lansing 6 Johns. 49 1810 0 Civil SC of New York
Respublica v. Gaoler of Philadelphia County 1 Yeates 368 1794 0 Civil SC of PA.
Executors of Rogers v. Berry 10 Johns. 132 1813 0 Civil SC of New York
Aldrich v. Fox 1 Me. 316 1821 1 Civil Maine
In the Case of Tom 5 Johns. 365 1810 0 Civil SC of New York
Griffin v. Potter 14 Wend. 209 1835 0 Civil SC of Judicature of New York
Pitkin v. Pitkin 7 Conn. 315 1829 0 Civil Connecticut