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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Murray v. State 18 Ala. 727 1851 0 Alabama
Lafferty v. Whitesides' lessee 1 Swan 123 1851 0 Tennessee
Gillespie v. Edmonston 11 Hum. 553 1851 0 Tennessee
Ellick v. State 1 Swan 325 1851 0 Tennessee
Rowe v. State 11 Hum. 491 1851 0 Tennessee
Gibson v. Love 4 Fla. 217 1851 0 Supreme Court of FL
Ewing v. Sanford 19 Ala. 605 1851 0 Alabama
Lombard v. Jacobs 6 La. Ann. 396 1851 0 Louisiana
Eaves v. Gillespie 1 Swan 128 1851 0 Tennessee
State v. Cherry 1 Swan 160 1851 0 Tennessee
Bailey v. Rawley 1 Swan 295 1851 0 Tennessee
State v. McCarn 11 Hum. 494 1851 0 Tennessee
Pitt v. Albritton 34 N.C. 74 1851 0 North Carolina
State v. Martin 34 N.C. 157 1851 0 North Carolina
Foy v. Foy 35 N.C. 90 1851 0 North Carolina
Grady v. Threadgill 35 N.C. 228 1851 0 North Carolina
Richardson v. Pridgen 43 N.C. 153 1851 0 North Carolina
Creed v. White 11 Hum. 549 1851 0 Tennessee
Duncan v. Johnson 23 Miss. 130 1851 0 Mississippi
Finch v. Rogers 11 Hum. 559 1851 0 Tennessee