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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Chambers v. People 5 Ill. 351 1843 0 Criminal Illinois
Kinney v. Cook 4 Ill. 232 1841 0 Civil Illinois
Boon v. Juliet 2 Ill. 258 1836 0 Civil Illinois
Fanny v. Montgomery 1 Ill. 247 1828 0 Civil Illinois
Ingalls v. Bulkley 15 Ill. 224 1853 0 Civil Illinois
Farrell v. Patterson 43 Ill. 52 1867 0 Civil Illinois
Bailey v. Cromwell 4 Ill. 71 1841 0 Civil Illinois
Nance v. Howard 1 Ill. 242 1828 0 Illinois
Owens v. People 13 Ill. 59 1851 0 Civil Illinois
Harris v. Galbraith 43 Ill. 309 1867 0 Civil Illinois
Barret v. Gaston 1 Ill. 255 1828 0 Illinois
Jarrot v. Jarrot 7 Ill. 1 1845 0 Civil Illinois
Williams v. Jarrot 6 Ill. 120 1844 0 Civil Illinois
Hone v. Ammons 14 Ill. 29 1852 0 Civil Illinois
Thornton’s Case 11 Ill. 332 1849 1 Illinois
Cornelius v. Cohen 1 Ill. 131 1825 0 Civil Illinois
Phoebe v. Jay 1 Ill. 268 1828 0 Civil Illinois
Nelson v. People 33 Ill. 390 1864 0 Criminal Illinois
Mears v. Morrison 1 Ill. 223 1827 0 Civil Illinois
Beacroft v. Strawn 67 Ill. 28 1873 0 Civil Illinois