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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Burlingham v. Belding 21 Wend. 463 1839 0 Will & Trust SC of Judicature of New York
Van Kleeck v. Ministers of the Reformed Dutch Church 6 Paige Ch. 600 1837 0 Will & Trust Chancery Court of New York
Pitcher v. Livingston 4 Johns. 1 1809 0 Recovery for housing slave SC of New York
Van Horne v. Fonda 5 Johns. Ch. 388 1821 0 Will & Trust Chancery Court of New York
Henry v. Bradford 40 Va. 54 1842 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Grannis v. Smith 22 Tenn. 179 1842 0 Tennessee
Henderson v. Downing 24 Miss. 106 1852 0 Fraudulent conveyance Mississippi
Godfrey v. Walker 42 Ga. 562 1871 0 Trustee to deed, slave contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Lessee of Wilson v. Rhoades 4 Yeates 38 1804 0 Recovery for ejectment SC of PA.
Clark v. Clark 39 Tenn. 336 1859 0 Tennessee
Stone v. Sanders 38 Tenn. 248 1858 0 Tennessee
Jones v. Conoway 4 Yeates 108 1804 0 Fraud SC of PA.
Campbell v. Wallace 3 Yeates 271 1801 0 Recover price of slaves SC of PA.
Respublica v. Deaves 3 Yeates 465 1803 0 Will & trust SC of PA.
Cruse v. McKee 39 Tenn. 1 1858 0 Tennessee
Hancock ex rel. Guardian v. Hovey 1 N.C. 104 1799 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Tryphenia v. Harrison 24 F. Cas. 252 1806 0 Indictment against slave trader Circuit Court, D. PA.
Peter v. Steel 3 Yeates 250 1801 0 Recovery for freedom and labor SC of PA.
Lessee of Sword v. Adams 3 Yeates 34 1800 0 Will & trust SC of PA.
Cook v. Neaff 3 Yeates 259 1801 0 Faulty registration of slave SC of PA.