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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Nelms v. Williams 18 Ala. 650 1851 1 Alabama
Bellamy v. Bellamy 4 Fla. 242 1851 0 Deed of Conveyance for the Profits and Issues of Property Supreme Court of FL
Hardwick v. Thomas 10 Ga. 266 1851 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Perminter v. Kelly 18 Ala. 716 1851 1 Alabama
Pool v. Hodnett 18 Ala. 752 1851 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Flynt v. Hatchett 9 Ga. 328 1851 0 Equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
Tuck v. Bowie 1 Md. 87 1851 0 Maryland
Neal v. Farmer 9 Ga. 555 1851 0 recovery for damage to a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Green v. Causey 10 Ga. 435 1851 0 Note for slave payment Supreme Court of Georgia
Smelser v. Drane 19 Ala. 245 1851 1 Alabama
Tabb's Adm'r v. Archer's Adm'r 48 Va. 408 1851 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Doss v. Campbell 19 Ala. 590 1851 1 Alabama
Sims’s Case 61 Mass. 285 1851 0 Petition for freedom Massachusetts
Lindsay v. State 19 Ala. 560 1851 0 Will & trust Alabama
Steele v. Brown 18 Ala. 700 1851 0 Sale dispute Alabama
Worthy v. Lyon 18 Ala. 784 1851 0 Bill of sale dispute Alabama
Bacon v. Gray 23 Miss. 140 1851 0 Recovery of enslaved person Mississippi
Lines v. Smith 4 Fla. 47 1851 0 Enforcement of a Promissory Note Supreme Court of FL
Judge v. Wilkins 19 Ala. 765 1851 0 Fraud Alabama
Watkins v. Gale 13 Ill. 152 1851 1 Illinois