Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Towell v. Gatewood 3 Ill. 22 1839 1 Illinois
Fiske v. Carr 20 Me. 301 1841 1 Maine
Burnet v. Auditor of Portage County 12 Ohio 54 1843 1 Ohio
Ex parte Fireman's Insurance 6 Hill & Den. 243 1843 1 New York
Thorp v. Woodhull 1 Sand. Ch. 411 1844 1 New York
Ferguson v. Dent 8 Mo. 667 1844 1 Missouri
Newcomb v. Presbrey 49 Mass. 406 1844 1 Massachusetts
Foster v. Estate of Caldwell 18 Vt. 176 1846 1 Vermont
Morris v. People 3 Denio 381 1846 1 New York
Board of Police v. Grant 17 Miss. 77 1847 1 Mississippi
Ladd v. Tudor 14 F. Cas. 923 1847 1 United States
Kimball v. Lamprey 19 N.H. 215 1848 1 New Hampshire
Second Municipality of New Orleans v. New Orleans & Carrollton Rail Road 10 Rob. 187 1845 1 Louisiana
Hawes, Gray & Co. v. Lawrence & Hicks 5 N.Y. Super. Ct. 193 1849 1 New York
Hawes v. Lawrence 3 N.Y. Super. Ct. 193 1849 1 New York
Proprietors of St. Luke's Church v. Slack 61 Mass. 226 1851 1 Massachusetts
People ex rel. Smith v. Olds 3 Cal. 167 1853 1 California
People ex rel. Mygatt v. Supervisors of Chenango County 11 N.Y. 563 1854 1 New York
Mechanics' Bank v. New York & New Haven Rail Road 11 N.Y. Super. Ct. 480 1855 1 New York
Ohio Insurance v. Nunemacher 10 Ind. 234 1858 1 Indiana