Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Brown v. Thorndike 32 Mass. 388 1834 0 Will & Trust Massachusetts
Lazarus v. Commonwealth Insurance 36 Mass. 81 1837 0 Insurance dispute over property including slaves Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Turner 44 Mass. 19 1841 0 Indictment for kidnapping Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Taylor 44 Mass. 72 1841 0 Master did not properly claim custody of adolescent slave Massachusetts
Guild v. Richards 82 Mass. 309 1860 0 Breach of deed condition Massachusetts
Holden v. Eaton 25 Mass. 436 1829 0 Sale of property including slaves? Massachusetts
Inhabitants of Berkley v. Inhabitants of Somerset 16 Mass. 454 1820 0 Assumpsit for expenses Massachusetts
Watson v. Inhabitants of Cambridge 15 Mass. 286 1818 0 Assumpsuit to recover expenses Massachusetts
Frith v. Sprague 14 Mass. 455 1817 0 Recover for money paid Massachusetts
Inhabitants of Stockbridge v. Inhabitants of West Stockbridge 13 Mass. 302 1816 0 Petition for review Massachusetts
Inhabitants of Milford v. Inhabitants of Bellingham 16 Mass. 108 1819 0 Assusmpsit to recover expenses Massachusetts
Reiersen v. Comm'r of Revenue 26 Mass. App. Ct. 124 1988 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Aves 35 Mass. 193 1836 0 Action for freedom Massachusetts
Inhabitants of Stockbridge v. Inhabitants of West Stockbridge 14 Mass. 257 1817 0 Wrongful conveyance of slave Massachusetts
Greenwood v. Curtis 6 Mass. 358 1810 0 Action against slave trader Massachusetts
Merchants Discount Co. v. Federal Street Corp. 300 Mass. 167 1938 1 Massachusetts
Lewis v. Corbin 195 Mass. 520 1907 1 Massachusetts
Gedart v. Ejdrygiewicz 305 Mass. 224 1940 1 Massachusetts
Hornig v. Hornig 6 Mass. App. Ct. 109 1978 1 Massachusetts
Howe v. Palmer 80 Mass. App. Ct. 736 2011 1 Massachusetts