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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Gillespie v. Edmonston 11 Hum. 553 1851 0 Tennessee
Lafferty v. Whitesides' lessee 1 Swan 123 1851 0 Tennessee
Hirschfelder v. State 19 Ala. 534 1851 0 Alabama
Dorsey v. Packwood 53 U.S. 126 1851 1 United States
Mosby v. Wall 23 Miss. 81 1851 1 Mississippi
Kilpatrick v. Kilpatrick 23 Miss. 124 1851 1 Mississippi
Nelson v. Iverson 19 Ala. 95 1851 0 Alabama
Allen v. Morgan's Adm'r 49 Va. 60 1851 0 SC of Appeals VA
Ellick v. State 1 Swan 325 1851 0 Tennessee
Childers v. Johnson 6 La. Ann. 634 1851 0 Louisiana
Rawlings v. State 1 Md. 127 1851 0 Maryland
Rhinehart v. Doswell 6 La. Ann. 766 1851 0 Louisiana
Taylor v. Stedman 35 N.C. 97 1851 0 North Carolina
Stephens v. Sherrod 6 Tex. 294 1851 0 Texas
Garrett v. Gaines 6 Tex. 435 1851 0 Texas
Gaines v. Relf 53 U.S. 472 1851 1 United States
Clark v. Moss 11 Ark. 736 1851 1 Arkansas
Stephenson v. Lee 6 La. Ann. 758 1851 0 Louisiana
Williams v. Harrison 19 Ala. 277 1851 0 Alabama
Matlock v. Mallory 19 Ala. 694 1851 1 Alabama