Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Inhabitants of Canton v. Inhabitants of Dorchester 62 Mass. 525 1851 1 Massachusetts
U.S. v. Morris 1 Curt C. C. 23 1851 0 Indictment for misdemeanor Circuit Court, D. Mass.
Inhabitants of Edgartown v. Inhabitants of Tisbury 64 Mass. 408 1852 0 Assumpsit to recover expenses incurred in support of slave Massachusetts
Ayres v. Waite 64 Mass. 72 1852 1 Massachusetts
Sheckell v. Jackson 64 Mass. 25 1852 0 Manumission of a fugitive slave Massachusetts
Weeks v. Holmes 66 Mass. 215 1853 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Chapman 65 Mass. 422 1853 1 Massachusetts
Fay v. Sylvester 68 Mass. 171 1854 1 Massachusetts
Kent v. Barker 68 Mass. 535 1854 1 Massachusetts
Orcutt v. Nelson 67 Mass. 536 1854 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Hilliard 68 Mass. 294 1854 1 Massachusetts
Barry v. Ryan 70 Mass. 523 1855 1 Massachusetts
Ela v. Smith 71 Mass. 121 1855 0 Action of tort for illegally seizing alleged slave Massachusetts
Stephens 70 Mass. 559 1855 1 Massachusetts
Harris v. Whitcomb 70 Mass. 433 1855 0 Action for refusing to receive a vote Massachusetts
Holmes v. Old Colony Railroad 71 Mass. 58 1855 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Bugbee 70 Mass. 206 1855 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Williams 72 Mass. 1 1856 1 Massachusetts
Gibson v. Soper 72 Mass. 279 1856 1 Massachusetts
Baxter v. Abbott 73 Mass. 71 1856 1 Massachusetts