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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Cash v. Tozer 1 Watts & Serg. 519 1841 1 Pennsylvania
Ritter v. Fox 6 Whart. 99 1841 1 Pennsylvania
Braddee v. Brownfield 2 Watts & Serg. 271 1841 1 Pennsylvania
Comfort v. Mather 2 Watts & Serg. 450 1841 1 Pennsylvania
Dabney v. Catlett 39 Va. 383 1841 1 Virginia
Sandeman v. Deake 17 La. 332 1841 1 Louisiana
Sawyer v. City of Alton 4 Ill. 127 1841 1 Illinois
Niles v. Anderson 6 Miss. 365 1841 1 Mississippi
People v. McLeod 1 Hill & Den. 377 1841 1 New York
Briggs v. Parkman 43 Mass. 258 1841 1 Massachusetts
Doyle v. Knapp 4 Ill. 334 1841 1 Illinois
People v. McLeod 25 Wend. 481 1841 1 New York
Boyer v. Sweet 4 Ill. 120 1841 1 Illinois
Fiske v. Carr 20 Me. 301 1841 1 Maine
Harkey v. Harkey 36 N.C. 394 1841 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Mowbray v. Commonwealth 38 Va. 643 1841 1 Virginia
Toulmin v. Lesesne 2 Ala. 359 1841 1 Alabama
Harrison v. Carroll 38 Va. 476 1841 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Nash v. Benedict 25 Wend. 644 1841 0 Kidnapping SC of Judicature of New York
Hughes v. Cannon 21 Tenn. 589 1841 0 Tennessee