Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Harris v. Runnels 53 U.S. 79 1851 1 United States
Jecker v. Montgomery 54 U.S. 498 1851 1 United States
Cotterell v. Long 20 Ohio 464 1851 1 Ohio
Watkins v. Gale 13 Ill. 152 1851 1 Illinois
Beasley v. State 18 Ala. 535 1851 1 Alabama
DeBaun v. Atchison 14 Mo. 543 1851 1 Missouri
Wilson v. Judge of the Co. Court 18 Ala. 757 1851 1 Alabama
Jordan v. Brunough 11 Ark. 702 1851 1 Arkansas
Knox's Distributees v. Steele 18 Ala. 815 1851 1 Alabama
Montgomery & West Point Railroad v. Varner 19 Ala. 185 1851 1 Alabama
Dorsey v. Packwood 53 U.S. 126 1851 1 United States
Glenn v. Thistle 23 Miss. 42 1851 1 Mississippi
Bishop's Heirs v. Hampton 19 Ala. 792 1851 1 Alabama
Weir v. Clayton 19 Ala. 132 1851 1 Alabama
Abington v. Travis 15 Mo. 240 1851 1 Missouri
Price v. Lewis 17 Pa. 51 1851 1 Pennsylvania
Inhabitants of Canton v. Inhabitants of Dorchester 62 Mass. 525 1851 1 Massachusetts
Sutton v. Sutton 48 Va. 234 1851 1 Virginia
Long v. Cason 25 S.C. Eq. 60 1851 1 South Carolina
Bein v. Heath 53 U.S. 168 1851 1 United States