Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Thompson v. Commonwealth 49 Va. 637 1851 1 Virginia
Nuckols's Adm'r v. Jones 49 Va. 267 1851 1 Virginia
Kelly v. City Council of Charleston 38 S.C.L. 426 1851 1 South Carolina
Sewell v. Baxter 2 Md. Ch. 447 1851 1 Maryland
Towns ex rel. Breedlove v. Stephens 9 Ga. 585 1851 1 Georgia
Inhabitants of Canton v. Inhabitants of Dorchester 62 Mass. 525 1851 1 Massachusetts
Thurston v. Franklin College 16 Pa. 154 1851 1 Pennsylvania
Jennings v. Palmer 49 Va. 70 1851 1 Virginia
Bowie v. Berry 3 Md. Ch. 359 1851 1 Maryland
Ott's Ex'x v. King 49 Va. 224 1851 1 Virginia
Bell v. Calhoun 49 Va. 22 1851 0 SC of Appeals VA
Mitchell v. Mitchell 1 Md. 55 1851 1 Maryland
Etheridge v. Doe ex dem. Malempre 18 Ala. 565 1851 1 Alabama
Meeks' Adm'r v. Thompson 49 Va. 134 1851 1 Virginia
Bowles' Ex'or v. Elmore's Adm'x 48 Va. 385 1851 1 Virginia
Gaither v. Gaither 3 Md. Ch. 158 1851 1 Maryland
Lyon's Adm'r v. Magagnos' Adm'r 48 Va. 377 1851 1 Virginia
McBain v. Enloe 13 Ill. 76 1851 1 Illinois
Hitch v. Davis 3 Md. Ch. 266 1851 1 Maryland
Chew v. Chew 1 Md. 163 1851 1 Maryland