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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Donnell v. State 3 Ind. 480 1852 1 Indiana
Anderson v. Millikin 9 Ohio St. 568 1859 0 Ohio
Nance v. Howard 1 Ill. 242 1828 0 Illinois
United States v. Rycraft 27 F. Cas. 918 1824 0 United States
Boon v. Juliet 2 Ill. 258 1836 0 Illinois
Bailey v. Cromwell 4 Ill. 71 1841 0 Illinois
Fanny v. Montgomery 1 Ill. 247 1828 0 Illinois
Barret v. Gaston 1 Ill. 255 1828 0 Illinois
Wright v. Ross 2 Greene 266 1849 0 Iowa
Wilkes v. Hughes 37 Ga. 361 1867 0 Contract dispute between a former slave and his master. Ben argued that he was not a slave at the time he worked for Angus Hughes. Supreme Court of Georgia
Price v. Slaughter 1 Cin. Sup. Ct. Rep. 429 1871 0 Recovery of lands Ohio
Daggs v. Frazer 6 F. Cas. 1112 1849 0 United States
Boner v. Boner 6 W. Va. 377 1873 0 West Virginia
Seevers v. Hamilton 6 Iowa 199 1858 0 Iowa
Elvira, a Slave 57 Va. 561 1865 0 Attempted Murder SC of Appeals VA
In re Booth 3 Wis. 157 1854 0 Wisconsin
Tomlinson v. Roberts 25 Conn. 477 1857 1 Connecticut
Ableman v. Booth 11 Wis. 498 1859 1 Wisconsin
Gowin v. Heider 237 Or. 266 1963 1 Oregon
State v. Rollins 8 N.H. 550 1837 0 Alleged kidnapping New Hampshire