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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Farrell v. Patterson 43 Ill. 52 1867 0 Civil Illinois
Town of Columbia v. Williams 3 Conn. 467 1820 0 Civil Connecticut
Sands v. Codwise 4 Johns. 536 1808 0 Civil Court for the Correction of Errors of New York
Fleming v. Slocum 18 Johns. 403 1820 0 Civil SC of New York
Ingalls v. Bulkley 15 Ill. 224 1853 0 Civil Illinois
Kettletas v. Fleet 1 Ant. N.P. Cas. 52 1808 0 Civil SC of New York
Grove v. Roberts 6 La. Ann. 210 1851 0 Louisiana
Wilkerson v. McDougal 48 Ala. 517 1872 0 Alabama
Nichols v. Grice 6 La. Ann. 446 1851 0 Louisiana
In re Ralph 1 Morris 1 1839 0 Civil Iowa
United States ex rel. Wheeler v. Williamson 28 F. Cas. 682 1855 0 Civil District Court, E.D. PA.
Carpenter v. Miller's Ex'rs 3 W. Va. 174 1869 0 West Virginia
Burkhartv. Jennings 2 W. Va. 242 1867 0 West Virginia
Ex parte Jenkins 13 F. Cas. 445 1853 0 Civil Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
Babin v. Winchester 7 La. 460 1834 0 Louisiana
Daublin v. Mayor of New-Orleans 1 Mart. (o.s.) 185 1810 0 Louisiana
Chretien v. Theard 2 Mart. (n.s.) 582 1824 0 Louisiana
Metayer v. Noret 5 Mart. (o.s.) 566 1818 0 Louisiana
Bailey v. Cromwell 4 Ill. 71 1841 0 Civil Illinois
Owens v. People 13 Ill. 59 1851 0 Civil Illinois