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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Warren v. Brooks 7 Cow. 218 1827 0 Failure to obtain certificate of "slave's ability to maintain himself" pursuant to statute prior to freeing slave SC of New York
Overseers of Germantown v. Overseers of the Poor of Livingston 2 Cai. 106 1804 0 SC of New York
Skinner v. Fleet 14 Johns. 263 1817 0 Recovery for slave SC of New York
Livingston v. Ackeston 5 Cow. 531 1826 0 Recovery for wages SC of New York
Pelletreau v. Rathbone 18 Johns. 428 1821 0 SC of New York
Executors of Rogers v. Berry 10 Johns. 132 1813 0 Recovery for conversion SC of New York
In re Mickel 14 Johns. 324 1817 0 Will & Trust SC of New York
Sable v. Hitchcock 2 Johns. Cas. 79 1800 0 Contract dispute SC of New York
Gasper v. Donaldson 1 Whart. 227 1836 0 Action of ejectment SC of PA.
Overseers of the Poor v. Overseers of the Poor 6 Serg. & Rawle 103 1820 0 Defective slave register SC of PA.
Marchand v. Negro Peggy 2 Serg. & Rawle 18 1815 0 Contract dispute SC of PA.
Commonwealth ex rel. Lewis v. Holloway 6 Binn. 213 1814 0 Recovery for freedom SC of PA.
Hamilton v. Commonwealth 3 Pen. & W. 142 1831 0 Indictment for forcible detainment SC of PA.
Commonwealth ex rel. Johnson v. Holloway 3 Serg. & Rawl. 4 1817 0 Runaway slave charged with fornication and bastardy SC of PA.
Commonwealth v. Greason 4 Serg. & Rawle 425 1818 0 Faulty registration of slave SC of PA.
Wilson v. Belinda 3 Serg. & Rawl. 396 1817 0 Faulty registration of slave SC of PA.
Commonwealth ex rel. Bell v. Greason 5 Serg. & Rawle 333 1819 0 Faulty registration of slave SC of PA.
Commonwealth v. Hambright 4 Serg. & Rawle 218 1818 0 False imprisonment SC of PA.
Alexander v. Stokely 7 Serg. & Rawle 299 1821 0 Recovery for services SC of PA.
Wood v. Stephen 1 Serg. & Rawle 175 1814 0 Claim for freedom SC of PA.