Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Lee v. Sprague 14 Mo. 476 1851 1 Missouri
Fitzgerald v. State 14 Mo. 413 1851 1 Missouri
Gaither v. Gaither 3 Md. Ch. 158 1851 1 Maryland
Lyon's Adm'r v. Magagnos' Adm'r 48 Va. 377 1851 1 Virginia
George v. Morgan 16 Pa. 95 1851 1 Pennsylvania
Smith's Adm'r v. Charlton's Adm'r 48 Va. 425 1851 1 Virginia
Lessee of Jennings v. Wood 20 Ohio 261 1851 1 Ohio
Gaines' Adm'r v. Alexander 48 Va. 257 1851 1 Virginia
Moore v. Moore's Ex'or 49 Va. 307 1851 1 Virginia
Rhem v. Tull 35 N.C. 57 1851 1 North Carolina
In re the Estate of Young 3 Md. Ch. 461 1851 1 Maryland
Snead v. Coleman 48 Va. 300 1851 1 Virginia
Dorsey v. Dashiell 1 Md. 198 1851 1 Maryland
Mays v. Swope 49 Va. 46 1851 1 Virginia
Button v. American Tract Society 23 Vt. 336 1851 1 Vermont
United States v. Clements 25 F. Cas. 467 1851 1 United States
People v. McCauley 1 Cal. 379 1851 1 California
Abington v. Travis 15 Mo. 240 1851 1 Missouri
Ellis v. Welsh 38 S.C.L. 468 1851 1 South Carolina
Garretson v. Vanloon 3 Greene 128 1851 1 Iowa