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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Wingate v. Wheat 6 La. Ann. 238 1851 0 Successions, property, sales Louisiana
Benjamin v. Davis 6 La. Ann. 472 1851 0 Torts, murder, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
McCravey v. Remson 19 Ala. 430 1851 0 Detinue and Dispute over Will Alabama
Bayne v. Suit 1 Md. 80 1851 0 Maryland
Lafferty v. Whitesides' lessee 1 Swan 123 1851 0 Tennessee
Simmons v. Rarden 9 Ga. 543 1851 0 Recovery for slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Yarborough v. West 10 Ga. 471 1851 0 Remainder of Estate cannot be given by verbal gift Supreme Court of Georgia
Land v. Cowan 19 Ala. 297 1851 0 Dispute over Conveyance of Property during Widowhood Alabama
Tilghman v. West 43 N.C. 183 1851 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Duncan v. Johnson 23 Miss. 130 1851 0 Distribution of enslaved persons in estate Mississippi
State v. Nat 35 N.C. 154 1851 0 Indictment for hiring time contrary to the act of assembly North Carolina
Jackson v. Waters 10 Ga. 546 1851 0 Bill for slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Arnold v. Arnold 35 N.C. 174 1851 0 Action of detinnue North Carolina
Clifford v. State 10 Ga. 422 1851 0 Larceny, Stealing a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Ewing v. Sanford 19 Ala. 605 1851 0 Alleged Theft of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Lindsay v. State 19 Ala. 560 1851 0 Will & trust Alabama
McKee v. Amonett 6 La. Ann. 207 1851 0 Sales, mandates, property, suretyship Louisiana
Desha v. Jones 6 La. Ann. 743 1851 0 Judicial seizure, sales Louisiana
Jure v. Balletin 6 La. Ann. 394 1851 0 Seizure, mortgages, property, sales Louisiana
Crow v. State 18 Ala. 541 1851 0 Indictment for various crimes by enslaved person Alabama