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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Hill v. Low 12 F. Cas. 172 1822 0 Fugitive Slave Action for damages Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
Worthington v. Preston 30 F. Cas. 645 1824 0 Fugitive Slave Action for damages Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
Johnson v. Tompkins 13 F. Cas. 840 1833 0 Action of trespass and false imprisonment Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
Van Metre v. Mitchell 28 F. Cas. 1036 1853 0 Fugitive Slave Action for damages Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
In re Martin 16 F. Cas. 881 1869 0 Wrongful detainment of alleged slave Circuit Court, S.D. New York
Jackson v. Kip 13 F. Cas. 220 1869 0 Will & Trust Circuit Court, S.D. New York
Inhabitants of Windsor v. Inhabitants of Hartford 2 Conn. 355 1817 0 Contract dispute Connecticut
Town of Colchester v. Town of Lyme 13 Conn. 274 1839 0 Recovery for freedom Connecticut
State v. Beach 2 Kirby 20 1787 0 Action for assault Connecticut
Lamb v. Smith 1 Root 419 1792 0 Will & Trust Connecticut
Arabas v. Ivers 1 Root 92 1784 0 Illegally imprisoned Connecticut
Pitkin v. Pitkin 7 Conn. 315 1829 0 Will & Trust Connecticut
Town of Columbia v. Williams 3 Conn. 467 1820 0 Contract dispute Connecticut
Wilson v. Hinkley 1 Kirby 199 1787 0 Connecticut
Jackson v. Bulloch 12 Conn. 38 1837 0 Action against slave-owner Connecticut
Town of East-Hartford v. Pitkin 8 Conn. 393 1831 0 Action in support of slave Connecticut
Town of New Haven v. Town of Huntington 22 Conn. 25 1852 0 Connecticut
State v. Ransell 41 Conn. 433 1874 0 Failure to provide for family Connecticut
Jack v. Martin 14 Wend. 507 1835 0 Recovery for Freedom Court for the Correction of Errors of New York
Lemmon v. People 20 N.Y. 562 1859 0 Recovery for slaves Court of Appeals of New York