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Case Name ▼ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Commonwealth v. Ragsdale 12 Va. 8 1807 0 Sale of mortgaged property SC of Chancery VA
Commonwealth v. Prophet 307 Pa. 122 1932 1 Pennsylvania
Commonwealth v. Porter 51 Mass. 263 1845 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Ponzi 256 Mass. 159 1926 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Pleasant 37 Va. 697 1840 0 Suit for freedom General Ct. of VA
Commonwealth v. Pioso 17 Pa. Super. 45 1901 1 Pennsylvania
Commonwealth v. Pierce 138 Mass. 165 1884 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Phila. & Erie R. R. 164 Pa. 252 1894 1 Pennsylvania
Commonwealth v. Philadelphia Auction Co. 51 Pa. Super. Ct. 166 1912 1 Pennsylvania
Commonwealth v. Phelps 209 Mass. 396 1911 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Peretz 212 Mass. 253 1912 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Peas 43 Va. 629 1834 0 Larceny of a slave General Ct. of VA
Commonwealth v. Peas 31 Va. 692 1834 0 Larceny of a slave General Ct. of VA
Commonwealth v. Nix 38 Va. 636 1841 0 Selling a free man as a slave General Ct. of VA
Commonwealth v. Nickerson 236 Mass. 281 1920 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Nickerson 87 Mass. 518 1862 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Nicely 130 Pa. 261 1889 1 Pennsylvania
Commonwealth v. Newcomet 18 Pa. Super. 508 1901 1 Pennsylvania
Commonwealth v. Newcomer 49 Pa. 478 1865 1 Pennsylvania
Commonwealth v. Nelson 377 Pa. 58 1954 1 Pennsylvania