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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Linda v. Hudson 55 Mass. 385 1848 0 Civil Massachusetts
Lazarus v. Commonwealth Insurance 36 Mass. 81 1837 0 Civil Massachusetts
Frith v. Sprague 14 Mass. 455 1817 0 Civil Massachusetts
Inhabitants of Stockbridge v. Inhabitants of West Stockbridge 14 Mass. 257 1817 0 Civil Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Taylor 44 Mass. 72 1841 0 Civil Massachusetts
Greenwood v. Curtis 6 Mass. 358 1810 0 Civil Massachusetts
Thomas Sims's Case 61 Mass. 285 1851 0 Civil Massachusetts
Lewis v. Holbrook 91 Mass. 347 1864 0 Civil Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Aves 35 Mass. 193 1836 0 Civil Massachusetts
Ela v. Smith 71 Mass. 121 1855 0 Civil Massachusetts
Sheckell v. Jackson 64 Mass. 25 1852 0 Civil Massachusetts
Brown v. Thorndike 32 Mass. 388 1834 0 Civil Massachusetts
Richardson v. Noyes 2 Mass. 56 1806 0 Civil Massachusetts
Greenwood v. Curtis 4 Mass. 93 1808 0 Civil Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Tracy 46 Mass. 536 1843 0 Criminal Massachusetts
U.S. v. Morris 26 F.Cas. 1323 1851 0 Criminal Circuit Court, D. Mass.
Commonwealth v. Turner 44 Mass. 19 1841 0 Criminal Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Griffith 19 Mass. 11 1823 0 Criminal Massachusetts
Adams v. Wheeler 27 Mass. 199 1830 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Roosnell 143 Mass. 32 1886 1 Massachusetts