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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Knox's Distributees v. Steele 18 Ala. 815 1851 1 Alabama
Watkins v. Gale 13 Ill. 152 1851 1 Illinois
State v. Capers 6 La. Ann. 267 1851 0 Louisiana
Pool v. Hodnett 18 Ala. 752 1851 0 Alabama
Shorter's Adm'r v. Mims 18 Ala. 655 1851 1 Alabama
Wilson v. Cantrell 19 Ala. 642 1851 1 Alabama
Nugent v. State 19 Ala. 540 1851 1 Alabama
Smith v. Nicholson 6 La. Ann. 704 1851 0 Louisiana
Weir v. Clayton 19 Ala. 132 1851 1 Alabama
Gildersleeve v. Caraway 19 Ala. 246 1851 1 Alabama
Tuck v. Bowie 1 Md. 87 1851 0 Maryland
Herndon v. Givens' Adm'r 19 Ala. 313 1851 1 Alabama
Berry v. State 10 Ga. 511 1851 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Thomas Sims's Case 61 Mass. 285 1851 0 Civil Massachusetts
McGrew v. Governor 19 Ala. 89 1851 1 Alabama
Felix v. State 18 Ala. 720 1851 0 Alabama
Ramey v. Green 18 Ala. 771 1851 0 Alabama
Johnson v. Thweatt 18 Ala. 741 1851 0 Alabama
Heres v. Powell 6 La. Ann. 586 1851 0 Louisiana
Sloan v. McKinney 19 Ala. 115 1851 1 Alabama