Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Quarles v. Quarles 19 Ala. 363 1851 1 Alabama
Inhabitants of Canton v. Inhabitants of Dorchester 62 Mass. 525 1851 1 Massachusetts
Bourland v. Eidson 49 Va. 27 1851 1 Virginia
Abington v. Travis 15 Mo. 240 1851 1 Missouri
George v. Morgan 16 Pa. 95 1851 1 Pennsylvania
Young v. Frost 1 Md. 377 1851 1 Maryland
Cotterell v. Long 20 Ohio 464 1851 1 Ohio
President of Merchants' Bank v. Spalding 12 Barb. 302 1851 1 New York
Perrine v. Carlisle 19 Ala. 686 1851 1 Alabama
Smith's Adm'r v. Charlton's Adm'r 48 Va. 425 1851 1 Virginia
Thompson v. Commonwealth 49 Va. 637 1851 1 Virginia
Hannon v. State ex rel. Robey 9 Gill 440 1851 1 Maryland
Button v. American Tract Society 23 Vt. 336 1851 1 Vermont
Lyon's Adm'r v. Magagnos' Adm'r 48 Va. 377 1851 1 Virginia
Harris v. Runnels 53 U.S. 79 1851 1 United States
Milburn v. State 1 Md. 1 1851 1 Maryland
Jecker v. Montgomery 54 U.S. 498 1851 1 United States
Cox's Adm'r v. Whitfield 18 Ala. 738 1851 1 Alabama
Trexler v. State 19 Ala. 21 1851 1 Alabama
Weldon v. Burch 12 Ill. 374 1851 1 Illinois