Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
People v. McCauley 1 Cal. 379 1851 1 California
Gaines' Adm'r v. Alexander 48 Va. 257 1851 1 Virginia
In re the Estate of Young 3 Md. Ch. 461 1851 1 Maryland
Fitzgerald v. State 14 Mo. 413 1851 1 Missouri
Trexler v. State 19 Ala. 21 1851 1 Alabama
Lee v. Sprague 14 Mo. 476 1851 1 Missouri
Hassard v. Rowe 11 Barb. 22 1851 1 New York
Nuckols's Adm'r v. Jones 49 Va. 267 1851 1 Virginia
Abington v. Travis 15 Mo. 240 1851 1 Missouri
Jones v. State 20 Ohio 34 1851 1 Ohio
George v. Morgan 16 Pa. 95 1851 1 Pennsylvania
Swafford v. Whipple 3 Greene 261 1851 1 Iowa
Gorham v. Daniels 23 Vt. 600 1851 1 Vermont
Souter & Co. v. Graham's Adm'r 15 Mo. 268 1851 1 Missouri
Currier v. Perley 24 N.H. 219 1851 1 New Hampshire
Jennings v. Palmer 49 Va. 70 1851 1 Virginia
Hitch v. Davis 3 Md. Ch. 266 1851 1 Maryland
Bullett v. Worthington 3 Md. Ch. 99 1851 1 Maryland
Weems v. George 54 U.S. 190 1851 1 United States
Button v. American Tract Society 23 Vt. 336 1851 1 Vermont