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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
New Jersey Steam Navigation Co. v. Merchants' Bank 47 U.S. 344 1848 1 United States
Hale v. Bugg 82 F. 33 1897 1 United States
Mercantile Trust Co. v. St. Louis & S. F. Ry. Co. 69 F. 193 1895 1 United States
Mercantile Trust Co. v. Kanawha & O. Ry. Co. 58 F. 6 1893 1 United States
United States v. Johnson 4 D.C. 303 1833 0 Aiding and Abetting Slave Removal United States
People Who Care v. Rockford Board of Education District No. 205 921 F.2d 132 1991 1 United States
Moore v. Illinois Cent. R. 136 F.2d 412 1943 1 United States
Moore v. Jacobs 4 D.C. 312 1833 0 Freedom Petition United States
Carroll v. Watkins 5 F. Cas. 168 1870 1 United States
Amis v. Smith 41 U.S. 303 1842 1 United States
Osborn v. Nicholson 18 F. Cas. 846 1870 0 Debt and warranty for enslaved person United States
Vaughn v. Mobil Oil Exploration & Producing Southeast, Inc. 891 F.2d 1195 1990 1 United States
United States v. Farrell 5 D.C. 311 1837 0 Witnesses United States
Planters' Bank v. Sharp 47 U.S. 301 1848 1 United States
United States v. Villasenor 894 F.2d 1422 1990 1 United States
The Eutaw 79 U.S. 136 1870 1 United States
Flanders v. Thompson 9 F. Cas. 244 1876 1 United States
Diggs v. United States 220 F. 545 1915 1 United States
In re the Extradition of Coleman 473 F. Supp. 2d 713 2007 1 United States
Bell v. Hogan 3 F. Cas. 107 1811 0 Action for the determination of whether or not the defendant is a salve United States