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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Wade v. Green 22 Tenn. 547 1842 0 Tennessee
Thurman v. Shelton 18 Tenn. 383 1837 0 Tennessee
Autrey v. Autrey's Adm'r 37 Ala. 614 1861 0 Alabama
Linda v. Hudson 55 Mass. 385 1848 0 Civil Massachusetts
Butler v. Hopper 4 F. Cas. 904 1806 0 Civil Circuit Court, D. PA.
Inhabitants of Stockbridge v. Inhabitants of West Stockbridge 14 Mass. 257 1817 0 Civil Massachusetts
Small v. The Messenger 22 F. Cas. 366 1807 0 Civil District Court, D. PA.
Lathrop v. Lumpkin 41 Va. 49 1843 0 SC of Appeals VA
Jack v. Martin 12 Wend. 311 1834 0 Civil SC of Judicature of New York
Van Metre v. Mitchell 28 F. Cas. 1042 1853 0 Civil Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
Gleises v. McHatton 14 La. Ann. 560 1859 0 Louisiana
Chambers v. People 5 Ill. 351 1843 0 Criminal Illinois
Commonwealth v. Barker 11 Serg. & Rawle 360 1824 0 Criminal SC of PA.
Birney v. State 8 Ohio 230 1837 0 Criminal Ohio
Jackson v. Bulloch 12 Conn. 38 1837 0 Civil Connecticut
Covenhoven v. Seaman 1 Johns. Cas. 23 1799 0 Civil SC of New York
Skinner v. Fleet 14 Johns. 263 1817 0 Civil SC of New York
Hart v. Cleis 8 Johns. 41 1811 0 Civil SC of New York
Commonwealth ex rel. Johnson v. Holloway 3 Serg. & Rawl. 4 1817 0 Criminal SC of PA.
Smithwick v. Evans 24 Ga. 461 1858 0 Supreme Court of Georgia