Case Name Citation ▲ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Melvin v. Proprietors of Locks & Canals on Merrimack River 33 Mass. 161 1834 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Aves 35 Mass. 193 1836 0 Action for freedom Massachusetts
Shurtleff v. Willard 36 Mass. 202 1837 1 Massachusetts
Lazarus v. Commonwealth Insurance 36 Mass. 81 1837 0 Insurance dispute over property including slaves Massachusetts
Hayward v. Hayward 37 Mass. 517 1838 1 Massachusetts
Mickelson v. Barnet 390 Mass. 786 1984 1 Massachusetts
Taylor v. Lowell 3 Mass. 331 1807 1 Massachusetts
Nugent v. Riley 42 Mass. 117 1840 1 Massachusetts
Morton v. Perry 42 Mass. 446 1840 1 Massachusetts
Gibbs vs. Marsh 43 Mass. 243 1841 1 Massachusetts
Briggs v. Parkman 43 Mass. 258 1841 1 Massachusetts
Suliveres v. Commonwealth 449 Mass. 112 2007 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Turner 44 Mass. 19 1841 0 Indictment for kidnapping Massachusetts
M'Intyre v. Parks 44 Mass. 207 1841 1 Massachusetts
President of the Oriental Bank v. Haskins 44 Mass. 332 1841 1 Massachusetts
Foster v. Mansfield 44 Mass. 412 1841 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Taylor 44 Mass. 72 1841 0 Master did not properly claim custody of adolescent slave Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Hunt 45 Mass. 111 1842 1 Massachusetts
Rand v. Hubbard 45 Mass. 252 1842 1 Massachusetts
President, Directors of Middlesex Bank v. Minot 45 Mass. 325 1842 1 Massachusetts