Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Lemmon v. People ex rel. Napoleon 26 Barb. 270 1857 0 Recovery for freedom SC, General Term, New York
Town of Colchester v. Town of Lyme 13 Conn. 274 1839 0 Recovery for freedom Connecticut
Butler v. Hopper 4 F. Cas. 904 1806 0 Recovery for freedom Circuit Court, D. PA.
John v. Dawson 2 Yeates 449 1799 0 Recovery for freedom SC of PA.
Stiles v. Richardson 4 Yeates 82 1804 0 Recovery for freedom SC of PA.
Roberson's Heirs v. Roberson's Executors 21 Ala. 273 1852 0 Recovery for freedom Alabama
Town of Bolton v. Town of Haddam 2 Root 517 1797 0 Recovery for freedom Connecticut
Lodano v. State 25 Ala. 64 1854 0 Recovery for freedom Alabama
State v. Pitney 1 N.J.L. 192 1793 Recovery for freedom New Jersey
State v. Frees 1 N.J.L. 299 1794 Recovery for freedom New Jersey
Vick's Ex'or v. M'Daniel 4 Miss. 337 1839 0 Recovery for freedom Mississippi
State v. Heddon 1 N.J.L. 377 1795 Recovery for freedom New Jersey
State v. Quick 2 N.J.L. 413 1807 Recovery for freedom New Jersey
State v. Lyon 1 N.J.L. 462 1789 Recovery for freedom New Jersey
Anonymous 3 N.J.L. 576 1809 Recovery for freedom New Jersey
Inhabitants of Winchendon v. Inhabitants of Hatfield 4 Mass. 123 1808 0 Recovery for freedom Massachusetts
Ponder v. Cox 28 Ga. 305 1859 0 Recovery for freedom Supreme Court of Georgia
State v. Emmons 2 N.J.L. 11 1806 Recovery for freedom New Jersey
Oothout v. Thompson 20 Johns. 277 1822 0 Recovery for fraud in sale of slave SC of New York
Emanuel v. Norcum 8 Miss. 150 1843 0 Recovery for expenses of caring for slaves Mississippi