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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Link v. Beuner 3 Cai. 325 1805 0 Recovery for services of slave SC of New York
Gibbs v. Mennard 6 Paige Ch. 258 1837 0 Recovery for slave Chancery Court of New York
Floyd v. Recorder of City of New York 11 Wend. 180 1834 0 Recovery for slave SC of Judicature of New York
Skinner v. Fleet 14 Johns. 263 1817 0 Recovery for slave SC of New York
Fish v. Fisher 2 Johns. Cas. 89 1800 0 Recovery for slave SC of New York
Bayley v. Bates 8 Johns. 185 1811 0 Recovery for slave SC of New York
In re Kirk 1 Edm. Sel. Cas. 315 1846 0 Recovery for slave SC of New York
Lemmon v. People 20 N.Y. 562 1859 0 Recovery for slaves Court of Appeals of New York
Oatfield v. Waring 14 Johns. 188 1817 0 Recovery for supporting defendant's slave SC of New York
Hart v. Cleis 8 Johns. 41 1811 0 Recovery for trafficking slave SC of New York
Griffin v. Potter 14 Wend. 209 1835 0 Recovery for wages SC of Judicature of New York
Livingston v. Ackeston 5 Cow. 531 1826 0 Recovery for wages SC of New York
Concklin v. The Harmony 6 F. Cas. 259 1797 0 Services rendered by slave? District Court, D. New York
Deas v. Smith 1 Cai. 171 1803 0 Slave as a Witness SC of New York
People ex rel. Hoyt v. Commissioners of Taxes 9 N.Y. 224 1861 0 Taxation of New York resident with slaves in another state? Court of Appeals of New York
Scidmore v. Smith 13 Johns. 322 1816 0 Trespass for harboring slave SC of New York
Schuyler v. Russ 2 Cai. 202 1804 0 Warranty on sold slave SC of New York
Hackney v. Vrooman 62 Barb. 650 1862 0 Whether gift of a slave is valid SC of New York
Burlingham v. Belding 21 Wend. 463 1839 0 Will & Trust SC of Judicature of New York
Van Kleeck v. Ministers of the Reformed Dutch Church 6 Paige Ch. 600 1837 0 Will & Trust Chancery Court of New York