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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Cheek v. Wheatly 11 Hum. 556 1851 0 Tennessee
Alexander v. Burnet 39 S.C.L. 189 1851 0 South Carolina
James H. v. Marlow 20 Ohio 119 1851 1 Ohio
Clements v. Cribbs 19 Ala. 241 1851 1 Alabama
Nichols v. Grice 6 La. Ann. 446 1851 0 Louisiana
Rutland v. Gleaves 1 Swan 198 1851 0 Tennessee
Allen v. Morgan's Adm'r 49 Va. 60 1851 0 SC of Appeals VA
Pinckard v. Woods 49 Va. 140 1851 0 SC of Appeals VA
Charge to Grand Jury—Fugitive Slave Law 30 F. Cas. 1007 1851 0 Circuit Court, S.D. New York
Russell v. Southard 53 U.S. 139 1851 1 United States
Carlton v. Bath 22 N.H. 559 1851 1 New Hampshire
Rhinehart v. Doswell 6 La. Ann. 766 1851 0 Louisiana
Beasley v. State 18 Ala. 535 1851 1 Alabama
Lamkin v. Heyer 19 Ala. 228 1851 1 Alabama
Wilson v. Judge of the Co. Court 18 Ala. 757 1851 1 Alabama
Leigh v. Meurice 6 La. Ann. 476 1851 0 Louisiana
Summers v. Babb 13 Ill. 483 1851 1 Illinois
Dawson v. His Creditors 6 La. Ann. 212 1851 0 Louisiana
Bach v. Abbott 6 La. Ann. 809 1851 0 Louisiana
Rowe v. State 11 Hum. 491 1851 0 Tennessee