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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Geer v. Huntington 2 Root 364 1796 0 Civil Connecticut
Russell v. Commonwealth 1 Pen. & W. 82 1829 0 Civil SC of PA.
Commonwealth v. Aves 35 Mass. 193 1836 0 Civil Massachusetts
The Larch 14 F. Cas. 1142 1855 0 Civil District Court, D. Maine
Peterson v. United States 19 F. Cas. 379 1807 0 Civil Circuit Court, D. PA.
Goold v. United Insurance Co. 2 Cai. 73 1804 0 Civil SC of New York
Brown v. Thorndike 32 Mass. 388 1834 0 Civil Massachusetts
Vedder. v. Evertson 3 Paige Ch. 281 1831 0 Civil Chancery Court of New York
Schuyler v. Russ 2 Cai. 202 1804 0 Civil SC of New York
Lemmon v. People 20 N.Y. 562 1859 0 Civil Court of Appeals of New York
Alexander v. Stokely 7 Serg. & Rawle 299 1821 0 Civil SC of PA.
Scott v. Price 2 Serg. & Rawle 59 1815 0 Civil SC of PA.
Cobean v. Thompson 1 Pen. & W. 93 1829 0 Civil SC of PA.
Commonwealth v. Holloway 2 Serg. & Rawle 305 1816 0 Civil SC of PA.
Floyd v. Recorder of City of New York 11 Wend. 180 1834 0 Civil SC of Judicature of New York
Case of Williams 29 F. Cas. 1334 1839 0 Civil District Court, E.D. PA.
Vanderzee v. Vanderzee 36 N.Y. 231 1867 0 Civil Court of Appeals of New York
Stevens v. Columbian Insurance Co. 3 Cai. 43 1805 0 Civil SC of New York
Greenwood v. Curtis 4 Mass. 93 1808 0 Civil Massachusetts
Brush v. Wilkins 4 Johns. Ch. 506 1820 0 Civil Chancery Court of New York