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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Philip v. Kirkpatrick 2 Yeates 444 1799 0 Civil SC of PA.
John v. Dawson 2 Yeates 449 1799 0 Civil SC of PA.
Livingston v. Ackeston 5 Cow. 531 1826 0 Civil SC of New York
Demyer v. Souzer 6 Wend. 436 1831 0 Civil SC of Judicature of New York
Helm v. Miller 17 Johns. 296 1820 0 Civil SC of New York
Brown v. Thorndike 32 Mass. 388 1834 0 Civil Massachusetts
Goold v. United Insurance Co. 2 Cai. 73 1804 0 Civil SC of New York
Commonwealth v. Taylor 44 Mass. 72 1841 0 Civil Massachusetts
Wells v. Lane 9 Johns. 144 1812 0 Civil SC of New York
Stevens v. Columbian Insurance Co. 3 Cai. 43 1805 0 Civil SC of New York
People ex rel. Trainer v. Cooper 8 How. Pr. 288 1853 0 Civil SC of New York
Floyd v. Recorder of City of New York 11 Wend. 180 1834 0 Civil SC of Judicature of New York
United States ex rel. Wheeler v. Williamson 28 F. Cas. 686 1855 0 Civil District Court, E.D. PA.
Commonwealth v. Aves 35 Mass. 193 1836 0 Civil Massachusetts
Oliver v. Kauffman 18 F. Cas. 657 1850 0 Civil Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
Greenwood v. Curtis 4 Mass. 93 1808 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
Lemmon v. People 20 N.Y. 562 1859 0 Civil Court of Appeals of New York