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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Walker v. Devereaux 4 Paige Ch. 229 1833 1 New York
Hickenbottom v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad 122 N.Y. 91 1890 1 New York
Carleton v. Lombard, Ayres & Co. 149 N.Y. 137 1896 1 New York
Denike v. Harris 30 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 213 1880 1 New York
Denike v. Harris 84 N.Y. 89 1881 1 New York
Stephens v. People 19 N.Y. 549 1859 1 New York
Wilson v. People 4 Park. Crim. Rep. 619 1859 1 New York
People v. Deacons 109 N.Y. 374 1888 1 New York
Paige v. Cagwin 7 Hill & Den. 361 1843 1 New York
People v. Petrea 64 How. Pr. 139 1882 1 New York
Powell v. Waters 8 Cow. 669 1826 1 New York
Alvord v. Syracuse Savings Bank 98 N.Y. 599 1885 1 New York
In re the Estate of Hearn 158 Misc. 370 1936 1 New York
Davis v. Crandall 101 N.Y. 311 1886 1 New York
Dawson v. People 25 N.Y. 399 1862 1 New York
Read v. People 86 N.Y. 381 1881 1 New York
Bissing v. Smith 92 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 564 1895 1 New York
Bissing v. Smith 66 N.Y. St. Rep. 796 1895 1 New York
Bissing v. Smith 33 N.Y.S. 123 1895 1 New York
Smith v. Matthews 152 N.Y. 152 1897 1 New York