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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Van Epps v. Van Deusen 4 Paige Ch. 64 1833 0 Will & Trust Chancery Court of New York
President of the Veazie Bank v. Fenno 38 How. Pr. 147 1869 0 Added value to estate due to slaves Court of Appeals of New York
People v. Wolven 2 Edm. Sel. Cas. 108 1848 0 False arrest of alleged fugitive slave City Court of New York
Floyd v. Barker 1 Paige Ch. 481 1829 0 Will & Trust Chancery Court of New York
Frazer v. Western 1 How. App. Cas. 448 1848 0 Will & Trust Chancery Court of New York
People ex rel. Hoyt v. Commissioners of Taxes 9 N.Y. 224 1861 0 Taxation of New York resident with slaves in another state? Court of Appeals of New York
Sands v. Codwise 4 Johns. 536 1808 0 Fraud against creditors Court for the Correction of Errors of New York
The Orion 18 F. Cas. 817 1859 0 Condemnation of slave trader District Court, S.D. New York
United States v. Smith 27 F. Cas. 1138 1855 0 Indictment of slave trader Circuit Court, S.D. New York
Jackson ex dem. Varick v. Waldron 13 Wend. 178 1834 0 Will & Trust Court for the Correction of Errors of New York
The Mary Ann 16 F. Cas. 949 1848 0 Indictment of slave trader District Court, S.D. New York
United States v. Santos 27 F. Cas. 954 1862 0 Indictment for intent to employ in slave trade Circuit Court, S.D. New York
Trustees of Methodist Episcopal Church v. Jaques 1 Johns. Ch. 450 1815 0 Will & Trust Chancery Court of New York
Van Derzee v. Van Derzee 30 Barb. 331 1859 0 Will & Trust SC of New York
Concklin v. The Harmony 6 F. Cas. 259 1797 0 Services rendered by slave? District Court, D. New York
White v. Dinkins 19 Ga. 285 1856 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Blackburn v. Craufurd 22 Md. 447 1864 0 Maryland
Smithers v. Hooper 23 Md. 273 1865 0 Maryland
Jones v. Jones 36 Md. 447 1872 0 Maryland
Barnum v. Barnum 42 Md. 251 1875 0 Maryland