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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Souther v. Commonwealth 7 Gratt. 673 1851 0 First-degree murder General Ct. of VA
Stephenson v. Lee 6 La. Ann. 758 1851 0 Mortgages, sales, possessory action Louisiana
Wilson v. Buchanan 48 Va. 334 1851 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Deshautels v. Fontenot 6 La. Ann. 689 1851 0 Marital property Louisiana
Frelson v. Tiner 6 La. Ann. 18 1851 0 Sales, mortgages, redhibition, property, contracts, conflict of laws Louisiana
State v. Capers 6 La. Ann. 267 1851 0 Theft, conversion, property, criminal law Louisiana
Morris v. Peregoy 48 Va. 373 1851 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Parr v. Gibbons ex rel. Gibbons 23 Miss. 92 1851 0 Ownership of enslaved person given to married woman prior to her death Mississippi
Allen v. State 9 Ga. 492 1851 0 Slave indicted for killing another slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Barnette v. Hicks 6 Tex. 352 1851 0 Attempt to entice away slave Texas
United States v. Scott 27 F. Cas. 990 1851 0 Indictment against rescuer or fugitive slave United States
U.S. v. Morris 1 Curt C. C. 23 1851 0 Indictment for misdemeanor Circuit Court, D. Mass.
Moss v. Ashbrooks 12 Ark. 369 1851 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Gibson v. Love 4 Fla. 217 1851 0 Use of Slaves as Security for Payment Supreme Court of FL
Warner v. Burton 12 Ark. 144 1851 0 Bill to enforce divorce Arkansas
Burrow v. State 12 Ark. 65 1851 0 Indictment against person for intent to seize enslaved person Arkansas
Rhinehart v. Doswell 6 La. Ann. 766 1851 0 Sales, prescription, property, conflict of laws Louisiana
Lombard v. Jacobs 6 La. Ann. 396 1851 0 Sales, redhibition Louisiana
Rhodes v. Hooper 6 La. Ann. 355 1851 0 Wills, property, sales, mortgages Louisiana
Badillo v. Tio 6 La. Ann. 129 1851 0 Sales, emancipation, property, successions, legitimacy, alimony Louisiana