Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Thompson v. Commonwealth 49 Va. 637 1851 1 Virginia
Jennings v. Palmer 49 Va. 70 1851 1 Virginia
Kelly v. City Council of Charleston 38 S.C.L. 426 1851 1 South Carolina
Hitch v. Davis 3 Md. Ch. 266 1851 1 Maryland
Calhoun v. Palmer 49 Va. 88 1851 1 Virginia
McFarlan v. People 13 Ill. 9 1851 1 Illinois
Inhabitants of Canton v. Inhabitants of Dorchester 62 Mass. 525 1851 1 Massachusetts
Sewell v. Baxter 2 Md. Ch. 447 1851 1 Maryland
Bullett v. Worthington 3 Md. Ch. 99 1851 1 Maryland
Etheridge v. Doe ex dem. Malempre 18 Ala. 565 1851 1 Alabama
Bein v. Heath 53 U.S. 168 1851 1 United States
Dorsey v. Dashiell 1 Md. 198 1851 1 Maryland
Ijams v. Hoffman 1 Md. 423 1851 1 Maryland
Wiley v. State 1 Swan 256 1851 0 Tennessee
Snead v. Coleman 48 Va. 300 1851 1 Virginia
United States v. Morris 26 F. Cas. 1323 1851 1 United States
Winn v. Albert 2 Md. Ch. 169 1851 1 Maryland
Very v. Levy 54 U.S. 345 1851 1 United States
Georges Creek Coal & Iron Company's Lessee v. Detmold 1 Md. 225 1851 1 Maryland
Commonwealth v. Adcock 49 Va. 661 1851 1 Virginia