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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Overseers of Franklin v. Overseers of Bridgewater 20 N.J.L. 563 1846 New Jersey
State v. Post 21 N.J.L. 699 1848 New Jersey
Shepherd v. Newkirk 21 N.J.L. 302 1848 New Jersey
Merselis v. Mead 7 N.J. Eq. 557 1849 New Jersey
Williamson v. Chamberlain 10 N.J. Eq. 373 1855 New Jersey
Overseers of Morris v. Overseers of Warren 26 N.J.L. 312 1857 New Jersey
Van Syckel v. Emery 18 N.J. Eq. 387 1867 New Jersey
In re the Probate of the Will of Vanderveer 20 N.J. Eq. 463 1869 New Jersey
Moore v. Mitchell 17 F. Cas. 692 1874 United States
Shangle v. Runk 17 N.J.L. 372 1840 New Jersey
State v. Anderson 1 N.J.L. 41 1790 New Jersey
State v. Administrators of Prall 1 N.J.L. 4 1790 New Jersey
State v. Pitney 1 N.J.L. 192 1793 New Jersey
State v. Frees 1 N.J.L. 299 1794 New Jersey
In re Swan-Finch Oil Corp. 213 F. Supp. 638 1962 United States
Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Persons 18 Ga. App. 84 1916 Supreme Court Georgia
Trumbull v. Gibbons 22 N.J.L. 117 1849 New Jersey
Overseers of Poor of Perth Amboy v. Overseers of Poor of Piscataway 19 N.J.L. 173 1842 New Jersey
Harris v. Vanderveer's Executor 21 N.J. Eq. 561 1870 New Jersey
Executors of Van Houten v. Pennington 8 N.J. Eq. 745 1852 New Jersey