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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Nelson v. Iverson 19 Ala. 95 1851 0 Alabama
Bayne v. Suit 1 Md. 80 1851 0 Maryland
Neal v. Farmer 9 Ga. 555 1851 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Derwort v. Loomer 21 Conn. 245 1851 1 Connecticut
Hirschfelder v. State 19 Ala. 534 1851 0 Alabama
Gardner v. Gantt 19 Ala. 666 1851 0 Alabama
Davidson v. Potts 42 N.C. 272 1851 0 North Carolina
State v. Jonas 6 La. Ann. 695 1851 0 Louisiana
Charge to Grand Jury—Fugitive Slave Law 30 F. Cas. 1013 1851 0 Circuit Court, N.D. New York
Harris v. Runnels 53 U.S. 79 1851 1 United States
Rawlings v. State 1 Md. 127 1851 0 Maryland
Wesley v. State 11 Hum. 502 1851 0 Tennessee
Lafferty v. Whitesides' lessee 1 Swan 123 1851 0 Tennessee
Cotterell v. Long 20 Ohio 464 1851 1 Ohio
Gillespie v. Edmonston 11 Hum. 553 1851 0 Tennessee
Weldon v. Burch 12 Ill. 374 1851 1 Illinois
Ellick v. State 1 Swan 325 1851 0 Tennessee
Collins v. Carlile 13 Ill. 254 1851 1 Illinois
Carlton v. Price 10 Ga. 495 1851 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Priester v. Augley 39 S.C.L. 44 1851 0 South Carolina