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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Sam v. State 1 Swan 61 1851 0 Tennessee
Wesley v. State 11 Hum. 502 1851 0 Tennessee
Owens v. People 13 Ill. 59 1851 0 Civil Illinois
Nichols v. Grice 6 La. Ann. 446 1851 0 Louisiana
Grove v. Roberts 6 La. Ann. 210 1851 0 Louisiana
Dawson v. His Creditors 6 La. Ann. 212 1851 0 Louisiana
Jeter v. Deslondes 6 La. Ann. 379 1851 0 Louisiana
State v. Jonas 6 La. Ann. 695 1851 0 Louisiana
Parr v. Gibbons ex rel. Gibbons 23 Miss. 92 1851 0 Mississippi
Lawrence v. Hand 23 Miss. 103 1851 1 Mississippi
Davidson v. Potts 42 N.C. 272 1851 0 North Carolina
Lines v. Smith 4 Fla. 47 1851 0 Supreme Court of FL
Carlton v. Price 10 Ga. 495 1851 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Rutland v. Gleaves 1 Swan 198 1851 0 Tennessee
Thomas v. Doub 1 Md. 252 1851 0 Maryland
Alexander v. Burnet 39 S.C.L. 189 1851 0 South Carolina
Charge to Grand Jury—Fugitive Slave Law 30 F. Cas. 1013 1851 0 Circuit Court, N.D. New York
Charge to Grand Jury—Fugitive Slave Law 30 F. Cas. 1007 1851 0 Circuit Court, S.D. New York
Priester v. Augley 39 S.C.L. 44 1851 0 South Carolina
Neal v. Farmer 9 Ga. 555 1851 0 Supreme Court of Georgia