Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Sims’s Case 61 Mass. 285 1851 0 Massachusetts
U.S. v. Morris 1 Curt C. C. 23 1851 0 Circuit Court, D. Mass.
Inhabitants of Stockbridge v. Inhabitants of West Stockbridge 12 Mass. 400 1815 0 SC of Mass.
Greenwood v. Curtis 6 Mass. 358 1810 0 Massachusetts
Ela v. Smith 71 Mass. 121 1855 0 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Tracy 46 Mass. 536 1843 0 Massachusetts
Jackson v. Phillips 96 Mass. 539 1867 0 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Aves 35 Mass. 193 1836 0 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Griffith 19 Mass. 11 1823 0 Massachusetts
Inhabitants of Stockbridge v. Inhabitants of West Stockbridge 14 Mass. 257 1817 0 Massachusetts
Danzell v. Webquish 108 Mass. 133 1871 0 Massachusetts
Attorney General v. Garrison 101 Mass. 223 1869 0 Massachusetts
Lewis v. Holbrook 91 Mass. 347 1864 0 Massachusetts
Guild v. Richards 82 Mass. 309 1860 0 Massachusetts
Thwing v. Washington Insurance 76 Mass. 443 1858 0 Massachusetts
Harris v. Whitcomb 70 Mass. 433 1855 0 Massachusetts
Sheckell v. Jackson 64 Mass. 25 1852 0 Massachusetts
Inhabitants of Edgartown v. Inhabitants of Tisbury 64 Mass. 408 1852 0 Massachusetts
Linda v. Hudson 55 Mass. 385 1848 0 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Taylor 44 Mass. 72 1841 0 Massachusetts