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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Goodwin v. Nelin 2 Abb. Ct. App. 258 1867 1 New York
Swisshelm's Appeal 56 Pa. 475 1868 1 Pennsylvania
Levy v. Brush 8 Abb. Pr. 418 1869 1 New York
Phelan v. Boylan 25 Wis. 679 1870 1 Wisconsin
Rea & Dohrman v. Copelin 47 Mo. 76 1870 1 Missouri
Frentz v. Klotsch 28 Wis. 312 1871 1 Wisconsin
Florence v. Hopkins 46 N.Y. 182 1871 1 New York
Mitchell v. Reed 61 N.Y. 123 1874 1 New York
Bracken v. Cooper 80 Ill. 221 1875 1 Illinois
Ten Eyck v. Craig 62 N.Y. 406 1875 1 New York
Weare v. Van Meter 42 Iowa 128 1875 1 Iowa
Knolls v. Barnhart 71 N.Y. 474 1877 1 New York
Hunter v. Bosworth 43 Wis. 583 1878 1 Wisconsin
Harvey v. Cherry 76 N.Y. 436 1879 1 New York
Bissell v. Saxton 77 N.Y. 191 1879 1 New York
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance v. Bulte 45 Mich. 113 1881 1 Michigan
Hoyt v. Hoyt 85 N.Y. 142 1881 1 New York
Bender v. Stewart 75 Ind. 88 1881 1 Indiana
Smith v. Washington 11 Mo. App. 519 1882 1 Missouri
McCord v. Oakland Quicksilver Mining Co. 64 Cal. 134 1883 1 California