Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Chew v. Chew 1 Md. 163 1851 1 Maryland
Edgerly v. Emerson 23 N.H. 555 1851 1 New Hampshire
Inhabitants of Canton v. Inhabitants of Dorchester 62 Mass. 525 1851 1 Massachusetts
Gaines' Adm'r v. Alexander 48 Va. 257 1851 1 Virginia
Cotterell v. Long 20 Ohio 464 1851 1 Ohio
Watson v. Walker 23 N.H. 471 1851 1 New Hampshire
McGee v. Porter 14 Mo. 611 1851 1 Missouri
Quarles v. Quarles 19 Ala. 363 1851 1 Alabama
Hitch v. Davis 3 Md. Ch. 266 1851 1 Maryland
Thurston v. Franklin College 16 Pa. 154 1851 1 Pennsylvania
Lessee of Ward v. Racer 20 Ohio 250 1851 1 Ohio
Mays v. Swope 49 Va. 46 1851 1 Virginia
Byers v. Fowler 12 Ark. 218 1851 1 Arkansas
Perrine v. Carlisle 19 Ala. 686 1851 1 Alabama
Lawson v. Snyder 1 Md. 71 1851 1 Maryland
Farrar v. Inhabitants of Greene 32 Me. 574 1851 1 Maine
Nuckols's Adm'r v. Jones 49 Va. 267 1851 1 Virginia
Dixon v. Myers & Co. 48 Va. 240 1851 1 Virginia
Kelly v. City Council of Charleston 38 S.C.L. 426 1851 1 South Carolina
McCrory v. Chaffin 31 Tenn. 307 1851 1 Tennessee