Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Waters v. Dashiell 1 Md. 455 1851 0 Maryland
Ingram v. Hurt 10 Ga. 568 1851 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Worthy v. Johnson 10 Ga. 358 1851 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
US v. Hanway 9 West.L.J. 103 1851 0 Criminal Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
Byers v. Fowler 12 Ark. 218 1851 1 Arkansas
Comby v. McMichael 19 Ala. 747 1851 0 Alabama
People v. McCauley 1 Cal. 379 1851 1 California
Gaines' Adm'r v. Alexander 48 Va. 257 1851 1 Virginia
Wooten v. Becton 43 N.C. 66 1851 0 North Carolina
Williams v. Harrell 43 N.C. 123 1851 0 North Carolina
Chesson v. Chesson 43 N.C. 141 1851 0 North Carolina
Polk v. Robinson 42 N.C. 235 1851 0 North Carolina
Wylly v. S. Z. Collins & Co. 9 Ga. 223 1851 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Rowland v. Walker 18 Ala. 749 1851 0 Alabama
Gant v. Hunsucker 34 N.C. 254 1851 0 North Carolina
State v. Jackson 6 La. Ann. 593 1851 0 Louisiana
United States v. Clements 25 F. Cas. 467 1851 1 United States
Fitzgerald v. State 14 Mo. 413 1851 1 Missouri
Swafford v. Whipple 3 Greene 261 1851 1 Iowa
Garretson v. Vanloon 3 Greene 128 1851 1 Iowa