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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Lessee of Sword v. Adams 3 Yeates 34 1800 0 Civil SC of PA.
Williamson v. Lewis 39 Pa. 9 1861 0 Civil SC of PA.
Ferris v. Henderson 12 Pa. 49 1849 0 Civil SC of PA.
Commonwealth v. Hambright 4 Serg. & Rawle 218 1818 0 SC of PA.
Respublica v. Gaoler of Philadelphia County 1 Yeates 368 1794 0 Civil SC of PA.
Philip v. Kirkpatrick 2 Yeates 444 1799 0 Civil SC of PA.
Campbell v. Wallace 3 Yeates 572 1803 0 Civil SC of PA.
Com. of Pennsylvania v. Chambre 4 Dall. 143 1794 0 Civil SC of PA.
Aza v. Eitlinger 1 Ant. N.P. Cas. 99 1808 0 Civil SC of New York
Petry v. Christy 19 Johns. 53 1821 0 Civil SC of New York
In re Belt 2 Edm. Sel. Cas. 93 1848 0 Civil SC of New York
Helm v. Miller 17 Johns. 296 1820 0 Civil SC of New York
Warren v. Brooks 7 Cow. 218 1827 0 SC of New York
In re Mickel 14 Johns. 324 1817 0 Civil SC of New York
Overseers of Germantown v. Overseers of the Poor of Livingston 2 Cai. 106 1804 0 SC of New York
Wells v. Lane 8 Johns. 462 1811 0 Criminal SC of New York
Trongott v. Byers 5 Cow. 480 1826 0 Civil SC of New York
Jackson ex dem. People v. Lervey 5 Cow. 397 1826 0 Civil SC of New York
Caesar V. Peabody 11 Johns. 68 1814 0 Civil SC of New York
Overseers of the Poor of Marbletown v. Overseers of the Poor of Kingston 20 Johns. 1 1822 0 Civil SC of New York