Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Pitcher v. Livingston 4 Johns. 1 1809 0 Recovery for housing slave SC of New York
Booker v. Adkins 48 Ala. 529 1872 0 Recovery for hiring out of enslaved persons Alabama
Portevant v. Pendleton's Administrators 23 Miss. 25 1851 0 Recovery for hire of enslaved persons Mississippi
Leslie v. Langham's Executors 40 Ala. 524 1867 0 Recovery for Hire of a Enslaved Person Alabama
Wells v. Lane 8 Johns. 462 1811 0 Recovery for haboring slaves SC of New York
Peter v. Steel 3 Yeates 250 1801 0 Recovery for freedom and labor SC of PA.
Jack v. Martin 14 Wend. 507 1835 0 Recovery for Freedom Court for the Correction of Errors of New York
Evans v. Bollen 8 F. Cas. 836 1800 0 Recovery for freedom Circuit Court, D. PA.
Petry v. Christy 19 Johns. 53 1821 0 Recovery for freedom SC of New York
Smith v. Hoff 1 Cow. 127 1823 0 Recovery for freedom SC of New York
Respublica v. Gaoler of Philadelphia County 1 Yeates 368 1794 0 Recovery for freedom SC of PA.
Commonwealth ex rel. Lewis v. Holloway 6 Binn. 213 1814 0 Recovery for freedom SC of PA.
Cæsar v. Peabody 11 Johns. 68 1814 0 Recovery for freedom SC of New York
In the Case of Tom 5 Johns. 365 1810 0 Recovery for freedom SC of New York
Covenhoven v. Seaman 1 Johns. Cas. 23 1799 0 Recovery for freedom SC of New York
Ketletas v. Fleet 7 Johns. 323 1811 0 Recovery for freedom SC of New York
Wells v. Lane 9 Johns. 144 1812 0 Recovery for freedom SC of New York
Trongott v. Byers 5 Cow. 480 1826 0 Recovery for freedom SC of New York
Jack v. Martin 12 Wend. 311 1834 0 Recovery for freedom SC of Judicature of New York
Aza v. Eitlinger 1 Ant. N.P. Cas. 99 1808 0 Recovery for freedom SC of New York