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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Lane v. Powell 1 Edm. Sel. Cas. 256 1846 0 SC of New York
Lemmon v. People ex rel. Napoleon 26 Barb. 270 1857 0 Recovery for freedom SC, General Term, New York
Overseers of Germantown v. Overseers of the Poor of Livingston 2 Cai. 106 1804 0 SC of New York
Hopkins v. Fleet 9 Johns. 225 1812 0 Will & Trust SC of New York
Vrooman v. Phelps 2 Johns. 177 1807 0 Contract dispute SC of New York
Dunbar v. Williams 10 Johns. 249 1813 0 Recovery for medical assitance rendered to slave SC of New York
Pelletreau v. Rathbone 18 Johns. 428 1821 0 SC of New York
In re Belt 2 Edm. Sel. Cas. 93 1848 0 SC of New York
Oatfield v. Waring 14 Johns. 188 1817 0 Recovery for supporting defendant's slave SC of New York
Overseers of the Poor of Marbletown v. Overseers of the Poor of Kingston 20 Johns. 1 1822 0 Marriage between 2 slaves SC of New York
Hart v. Cleis 8 Johns. 41 1811 0 Recovery for trafficking slave SC of New York
Scidmore v. Smith 13 Johns. 322 1816 0 Trespass for harboring slave SC of New York
Gibbs v. Mermaud 2 Edw. Ch. 482 1835 0 Chancery Court of New York
Gurnee v. Dessies 1 Johns. 508 1806 0 Is a slave a competent witness? SC of New York
Schuyler v. Russ 2 Cai. 202 1804 0 Warranty on sold slave SC of New York
Nash v. Benedict 25 Wend. 644 1841 0 Kidnapping SC of Judicature of New York
Henderson v. Brown 1 Cai. 92 1803 0 Act of trespass against officer seeking to valuate slaves SC of New York
Grant v. Johnson 5 N.Y. 247 1851 0 Insurance Policy Court of Appeals of New York
Gibbs v. Mennard 6 Paige Ch. 258 1837 0 Recovery for slave Chancery Court of New York
United States v. Westervelt 28 F. Cas. 529 1861 0 Indictment of slave trader Circuit Court, S.D. New York