Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
May v. Wright's Administrators 1 Tenn. 385 1809 1 Tennessee
Henning's Executors v. Withers 5 S.C.L. 458 1814 1 South Carolina
Clason v. Shotwell 12 Johns. 31 1814 1 New York
Evans v. Commonwealth 2 Serg. & Rawle 441 1816 1 Pennsylvania
Mackey v. Executors of Collins 11 S.C.L. 186 1819 1 South Carolina
Ela v. Card 2 N.H. 175 1820 1 New Hampshire
Chapel v. Bull 17 Mass. 213 1821 1 Massachusetts
Powell v. Monson & Brimfield Manuf'g Co. 19 F. Cas. 1218 1824 1 United States
Miller v. Watson 5 Cow. 195 1825 1 New York
Miller v. Watson 7 Cow. 39-3 1827 1 New York
Williams v. Wetherbee 2 Aik. 329 1827 1 Vermont
Clark & Clark v. Pinney 7 Cow. 681 1827 1 New York
Seitzinger ex rel. Drinkel v. Weaver 1 Rawle 377 1829 1 Pennsylvania
Matilda v. Crenshaw 12 Tenn. 299 1833 1 Tennessee
Culp v. Fisher 1 Watts 494 1833 1 Pennsylvania
Everson v. Kirtland 4 Paige Ch. 628 1834 1 New York
McGregor v. McGregor 249 Ala. 75 1947 1 Alabama
Swett v. Patrick 12 Me. 9 1835 1 Maine
Eddy v. Traver 6 Paige Ch. 521 1837 1 New York
Tide Water Canal Co. v. Archer 9 G. & J. 479 1839 1 Maryland