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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
State v. Baltimore & Susquehanna Steam Co. 13 Md. 181 1859 0 Maryland
Sanderson's Ex'rs v. Marks 1 H. & G. 252 1827 0 Maryland
Clements v. Smith 9 Gill 156 1850 0 Maryland
Inhabitants of Stockbridge v. Inhabitants of West Stockbridge 14 Mass. 257 1817 0 Wrongful conveyance of slave Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Aves 35 Mass. 193 1836 0 Action for freedom Massachusetts
Inhabitants of Milford v. Inhabitants of Bellingham 16 Mass. 108 1819 0 Assusmpsit to recover expenses Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Tracy 46 Mass. 536 1843 0 Wrongful detainment Massachusetts
Inhabitants of Stockbridge v. Inhabitants of West Stockbridge 13 Mass. 302 1816 0 Petition for review Massachusetts
Watson v. Inhabitants of Cambridge 15 Mass. 286 1818 0 Assumpsuit to recover expenses Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Turner 44 Mass. 19 1841 0 Indictment for kidnapping Massachusetts
Inhabitants of Salem v. Inhabitants of Hamilton 4 Mass. 676 1808 0 Action to recover expenses Massachusetts
Inhabitants of Edgartown v. Inhabitants of Tisbury 64 Mass. 408 1852 0 Assumpsit to recover expenses incurred in support of slave Massachusetts
Inhabitants of Lanesborough v. Inhabitants of Westfield 16 Mass. 74 1819 0 Assusmpsit to recover expenses Massachusetts
Inhabitants of Andover v. Inhabitants of Canton 13 Mass. 547 1816 0 Assusmpsit to recover expenses Massachusetts
Sims’s Case 61 Mass. 285 1851 0 Petition for freedom Massachusetts
Ela v. Smith 71 Mass. 121 1855 0 Action of tort for illegally seizing alleged slave Massachusetts
In re Pattinson 1 Blume Sup. Ct. Trans. 321 1807 0 Michigan
Sale v. Saunders 24 Miss. 24 1852 0 Right to possession of enslaved person Mississippi
Sarah v. State 28 Miss. 267 1854 0 Indictment of enslaved woman for attempted murder Mississippi
Windham v. Williams 27 Miss. 313 1854 0 Wrongful detention of enslaved persons from the plaintiff Mississippi