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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Gaines v. Harvin 19 Ala. 491 1851 1 Alabama
Brooks v. Kirby 19 Ala. 72 1851 1 Alabama
Tuck v. Bowie 1 Md. 87 1851 0 Maryland
Swilley v. Lyon 18 Ala. 552 1851 1 Alabama
Holland's Heirs v. Crow 34 N.C. 275 1851 1 North Carolina
Gildersleeve v. Caraway 19 Ala. 246 1851 1 Alabama
Lindsay v. State 19 Ala. 560 1851 0 Alabama
Kirksey v. Dubose 19 Ala. 43 1851 1 Alabama
Brewer v. Brewer 19 Ala. 481 1851 1 Alabama
Chapman v. Hamilton 19 Ala. 121 1851 1 Alabama
Knox's Distributees v. Steele 18 Ala. 815 1851 1 Alabama
Doss v. Campbell 19 Ala. 590 1851 1 Alabama
Harrell v. Whitman 19 Ala. 135 1851 1 Alabama
Weir v. Clayton 19 Ala. 132 1851 1 Alabama
Thomas Sims's Case 61 Mass. 285 1851 0 Civil Massachusetts
Shaw v. State 18 Ala. 547 1851 1 Alabama
Bower v. Saltmarsh 19 Ala. 274 1851 1 Alabama
Allen v. Greene 19 Ala. 34 1851 1 Alabama
Pool v. Hodnett 18 Ala. 752 1851 0 Alabama
Parish v. Murphree 54 U.S. 92 1851 1 United States