Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Arabas v. Ivers 1 Root 92 1784 0 Illegally imprisoned Connecticut
State v. Beach 2 Kirby 20 1787 0 Action for assault Connecticut
Wilson v. Hinkley 1 Kirby 199 1787 0 Connecticut
Pettis v. Warren 1 Kirby 426 1788 0 Action of trespass Connecticut
Lamb v. Smith 1 Root 419 1792 0 Will & Trust Connecticut
Starr v. Starr 2 Root 303 1795 0 Will & Trust Connecticut
Hylliard v. Nickols 2 Root 176 1795 0 Action against illegal exportation of slaves Connecticut
Geer v. Huntington 2 Root 364 1796 0 Declaration of freedom Connecticut
Town of Bolton v. Town of Haddam 2 Root 517 1797 0 Recovery for freedom Connecticut
Richards v. Stewart 2 Day 328 1806 0 Action of trover Connecticut
Phelps v. Landon 2 Day 370 1806 1 Connecticut
Church v. Leavenworth 4 Day 274 1810 1 Connecticut
Witter v. Mott 2 Conn. 67 1816 1 Connecticut
Bulkey v. Derby Fishing Co. 1 Conn. 571 1816 1 Connecticut
Slocum v. Wheeler 1 Conn. 429 1816 1 Connecticut
Inhabitants of Windsor v. Inhabitants of Hartford 2 Conn. 355 1817 0 Contract dispute Connecticut
Fowler v. Savage 3 Conn. 90 1819 1 Connecticut
Beers v. Hawley 3 Conn. 110 1819 1 Connecticut
Town of Columbia v. Williams 3 Conn. 467 1820 0 Contract dispute Connecticut
Inhabitants of Bozrah v. Inhabitants of Stonington 4 Conn. 373 1822 1 Connecticut