Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Porter v. Spring 250 Mass. 83 1924 1 Massachusetts
Page v. Page 189 Mass. 85 1905 1 Massachusetts
Rosa v. Rosa 296 Mass. 271 1936 1 Massachusetts
Wheaton v. Wilmarth 54 Mass. 422 1847 1 Massachusetts
Barry v. Ryan 70 Mass. 523 1855 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Donoghue 4 Mass. App. Ct. 752 1976 1 Massachusetts
Dewey v. Peeler 161 Mass. 135 1894 1 Massachusetts
Ela v. Smith 71 Mass. 121 1855 0 Action of tort for illegally seizing alleged slave Massachusetts
Jackson v. Phillips 96 Mass. 539 1867 0 Will & Trust Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Griffith 19 Mass. 11 1823 0 False imprisonment Massachusetts
Sims’s Case 61 Mass. 285 1851 0 Petition for freedom Massachusetts
Attorney General v. Garrison 101 Mass. 223 1869 0 Will & Trust Massachusetts
Inhabitants of Dighton v. Inhabitants of Freetown 4 Mass. 539 1808 0 Action to reverse judgement Massachusetts
Inhabitants of Edgartown v. Inhabitants of Tisbury 64 Mass. 408 1852 0 Assumpsit to recover expenses incurred in support of slave Massachusetts
Harris v. Whitcomb 70 Mass. 433 1855 0 Action for refusing to receive a vote Massachusetts
Inhabitants of Lanesborough v. Inhabitants of Westfield 16 Mass. 74 1819 0 Assusmpsit to recover expenses Massachusetts
Inhabitants of Andover v. Inhabitants of Canton 13 Mass. 547 1816 0 Assusmpsit to recover expenses Massachusetts
Inhabitants of Stockbridge v. Inhabitants of West Stockbridge 12 Mass. 400 1815 0 Recovery for expenses SC of Mass.