Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Mays v. Swope 49 Va. 46 1851 1 Virginia
Green v. Causey 10 Ga. 435 1851 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Gaines' Adm'r v. Alexander 48 Va. 257 1851 1 Virginia
Swafford v. Whipple 3 Greene 261 1851 1 Iowa
Singleton v. Garrett 23 Miss. 195 1851 1 Mississippi
Waters v. Dashiell 1 Md. 455 1851 0 Maryland
Lessee of Jennings v. Wood 20 Ohio 261 1851 1 Ohio
Currier v. Perley 24 N.H. 219 1851 1 New Hampshire
Gant v. Hunsucker 34 N.C. 254 1851 0 North Carolina
Symmes v. Arnold 10 Ga. 506 1851 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Rowland v. Walker 18 Ala. 749 1851 0 Alabama
Wilson v. State 20 Ohio 26 1851 1 Ohio
Bourland v. Eidson 49 Va. 27 1851 1 Virginia
Weems v. George 54 U.S. 190 1851 1 United States
Carrington v. Didier, Norvell & Co. 49 Va. 260 1851 1 Virginia
Frelson v. Tiner 6 La. Ann. 18 1851 0 Louisiana
Fitzgerald v. State 14 Mo. 413 1851 1 Missouri
Polk v. Robinson 42 N.C. 235 1851 0 North Carolina
United States v. Clements 25 F. Cas. 467 1851 1 United States
Byers v. Fowler 12 Ark. 218 1851 1 Arkansas