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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Thompson v. Newlin 43 N.C. 32 1851 0 North Carolina
Lyon v. Lyon 43 N.C. 201 1851 0 North Carolina
Brinson v. Wharton 43 N.C. 80 1851 0 North Carolina
Stephens v. Sherrod 6 Tex. 294 1851 0 Texas
Nelson v. Iverson 19 Ala. 95 1851 0 Alabama
Gaines v. Relf 53 U.S. 472 1851 1 United States
Hirschfelder v. State 19 Ala. 534 1851 0 Alabama
Dorsey v. Packwood 53 U.S. 126 1851 1 United States
Rawlings v. State 1 Md. 127 1851 0 Maryland
Bayne v. Suit 1 Md. 80 1851 0 Maryland
Lanier v. Br. Bank 18 Ala. 625 1851 0 Alabama
Stephenson v. Lee 6 La. Ann. 758 1851 0 Louisiana
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
Landry v. Marchais 6 La. Ann. 87 1851 0 Louisiana
Rhinehart v. Doswell 6 La. Ann. 766 1851 0 Louisiana
Bach v. Abbott 6 La. Ann. 809 1851 0 Louisiana
Leigh v. Meurice 6 La. Ann. 476 1851 0 Louisiana
Matlock v. Mallory 19 Ala. 694 1851 1 Alabama
Wingate v. Wheat 6 La. Ann. 238 1851 0 Louisiana