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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Butler v. Delaplaine 7 Serg. & Rawle 378 1821 0 Lease dispute SC of PA.
Alexander v. Stokely 7 Serg. & Rawle 299 1821 0 Recovery for services SC of PA.
Jackson v. Phillips 96 Mass. 539 1867 0 Will & Trust Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Hambright 4 Serg. & Rawle 218 1818 0 False imprisonment SC of PA.
Commonwealth ex rel. Bell v. Greason 5 Serg. & Rawle 333 1819 0 Faulty registration of slave SC of PA.
Wright v. Deacon 5 Serg. & Rawle 62 1819 0 Fugitive Slave Action for damages SC of PA.
Wilson v. Belinda 3 Serg. & Rawl. 396 1817 0 Faulty registration of slave SC of PA.
Commonwealth v. Greason 4 Serg. & Rawle 425 1818 0 Faulty registration of slave 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.
Lessee of Hall v. Vandegrift 3 Binn. 374 1811 0 Will & trust SC of PA.
Commonwealth ex rel. Stephens v. Clements 6 Binn. 206 1814 0 Indenture of service SC of PA.
Small v. The Messenger 22 F. Cas. 366 1807 0 Recovery for work District Court, D. PA.
Butler v. Hopper 4 F. Cas. 904 1806 0 Recovery for freedom Circuit Court, D. PA.
Campbell v. Wallace 3 Yeates 572 1803 0 Faulty registration of slave SC of PA.
Stiles v. Richardson 4 Yeates 82 1804 0 Recovery for freedom SC of PA.
Executors of Adams v. Jones 39 Ga. 479 1869 0 Fraud Supreme Court of Georgia
John v. Dawson 2 Yeates 449 1799 0 Recovery for freedom SC of PA.
Respublica v. Blackmore 2 Yeates 234 1797 0 Faulty registration of slave SC of PA.
Allen v. Smith 22 Ala. 416 1853 0 Right of Property Alabama
Goodwyn v. Goodwyn 29 Ga. 225 1859 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia