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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Arabas v. Ivers 1 Root 92 1784 0 Civil Connecticut
Jackson v. Bulloch 12 Conn. 38 1837 0 Civil Connecticut
Pettis v. Warren 1 Kirby 426 1788 0 Civil Connecticut
Inhabitants of Windsor v. Inhabitants of Hartford 2 Conn. 355 1817 0 Connecticut
Town of Columbia v. Williams 3 Conn. 467 1820 0 Civil Connecticut
Town of New Haven v. Town of Huntington 22 Conn. 25 1852 0 Civil Connecticut
Jack v. Martin 14 Wend. 507 1835 0 Civil Court for the Correction of Errors of New York
Lemmon v. People 20 N.Y. 562 1859 0 Civil Court of Appeals of New York
Cowperthwaite v. Jones 2 U.S. 55 1790 0 Civil Court of Common Pleas of PA., Philadelphia County
James v. Carr 2 Del. Cas. 223 1805 0 Delaware
Allen v. Sarah 2 Del. 434 1838 0 Delaware
Harrison v. Hunter 1 Del. Cas. 138 1797 0 Delaware
Caldwell v. Carter 2 Del. Cas. 668 1821 0 Delaware
Jemima v. Ross 1 Del. Cas. 119 1796 0 Delaware
Doe v. Prettyman 6 Del. 334 1857 0 Delaware
State v. Sowam 2 Del. Cas. 180 1803 0 Delaware
Lavery v. Woodland 2 Del. Cas. 299 1817 0 Delaware
Wright v. Fisher 2 Del. Cas. 322 1817 0 Delaware
Levi v. Bar 1 Del. Cas. 120 1797 0 Delaware
Harris v. McCullen 2 Del. Cas. 176 1802 0 Delaware