Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Thompson v. Commonwealth 49 Va. 637 1851 1 Virginia
Smelser v. Drane 19 Ala. 245 1851 1 Alabama
Chew v. Chew 1 Md. 163 1851 1 Maryland
Montgomery & West Point Railroad v. Varner 19 Ala. 185 1851 1 Alabama
Mitchell's Lessee v. Mitchell 1 Md. 44 1851 1 Maryland
Glenn v. Thistle 23 Miss. 42 1851 1 Mississippi
Price v. Lewis 17 Pa. 51 1851 1 Pennsylvania
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
Garrett v. Logan 19 Ala. 344 1851 1 Alabama
Hitch v. Davis 3 Md. Ch. 266 1851 1 Maryland
Doss v. Campbell 19 Ala. 590 1851 1 Alabama
Cassell v. Williams 12 Ill. 387 1851 1 Illinois
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
Jones v. Simmons 42 N.C. 178 1851 1 North Carolina