Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Brewer v. Boston & Worcester Rail Road 46 Mass. 478 1843 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Tracy 46 Mass. 536 1843 0 Wrongful detainment Massachusetts
Lockhurst v. West 48 Mass. 230 1843 1 Massachusetts
Coffin v. Heath 47 Mass. 76 1843 1 Massachusetts
Brackett v. Blake 48 Mass. 335 1844 1 Massachusetts
Eastman v. Foster 49 Mass. 19 1844 1 Massachusetts
Newcomb v. Presbrey 49 Mass. 406 1844 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Porter 51 Mass. 263 1845 1 Massachusetts
Brooks v. Whitney 52 Mass. 35 1846 1 Massachusetts
Pynchon v. Stearns 52 Mass. 304 1846 1 Massachusetts
Collins v. Denison 53 Mass. 549 1847 1 Massachusetts
Proprietors of the Canal Bridge v. Trustees of the Methodist Religious Society 54 Mass. 335 1847 1 Massachusetts
Wheaton v. Wilmarth 54 Mass. 422 1847 1 Massachusetts
Linda v. Hudson 55 Mass. 385 1848 0 Action for illegally seizing slave Massachusetts
Meigs v. Mutual Marine Insurance 56 Mass. 439 1848 1 Massachusetts
Brimmer v. Sohier 55 Mass. 118 1848 1 Massachusetts
Kimball v. Thompson 58 Mass. 441 1849 1 Massachusetts
Preble v. Baldwin 60 Mass. 549 1850 1 Massachusetts
Proprietors of St. Luke's Church v. Slack 61 Mass. 226 1851 1 Massachusetts
U.S. v. Morris 1 Curt C. C. 23 1851 0 Indictment for misdemeanor Circuit Court, D. Mass.