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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Berry v. State 10 Ga. 511 1851 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
US v. Hanway 9 West.L.J. 103 1851 0 Criminal Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
Murray v. State 18 Ala. 727 1851 0 Alabama
Nimmo v. Davis 7 Tex. 26 1851 0 Texas
Leigh v. Meurice 6 La. Ann. 476 1851 0 Louisiana
Sale v. Saunders 24 Miss. 24 1852 0 Mississippi
Baker v. Tabor 7 La. Ann. 556 1852 0 Louisiana
Coulter v. Cresswell 7 La. Ann. 367 1852 0 Louisiana
Hone v. Ammons 14 Ill. 29 1852 0 Civil Illinois
Lang v. Brown 21 Ala. 179 1852 0 Alabama
Buel v. Pumphrey 2 Md. 261 1852 0 Maryland
Jones v. Nirdlinger 20 Ala. 488 1852 0 Alabama
United States v. Williams 28 F. Cas. 631 1852 0 Criminal District Court, E.D. PA.
Harrison v. Harrison 20 Ala. 629 1852 0 Alabama
Hanson v. Brawner 2 Md. 90 1852 0 Maryland
Tannis v. Doe ex dem. St. Cyre 21 Ala. 449 1852 0 Alabama
State v. Weaver 44 N.C. 9 1852 0 North Carolina
Lark v. Linstead 2 Md. 420 1852 0 Maryland
Plater v. Groome 3 Md. 134 1852 0 Maryland
Gingles v. Caldwell 21 Ala. 444 1852 0 Alabama