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
Williams v. Bowdon 31 Tenn. 282 1851 1 Tennessee
Jones v. Snapp 1 Unrep. Tenn. Cas. 82 1851 1 Tennessee
Thomas v. Doub 1 Md. 252 1851 0 Maryland
Rutland v. Gleaves 1 Swan 198 1851 0 Tennessee
Montgomery & West Point Railroad v. Varner 19 Ala. 185 1851 1 Alabama
Steele v. Brown 18 Ala. 700 1851 0 Sale dispute Alabama
Tabb's Adm'r v. Archer's Adm'r 48 Va. 408 1851 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Charge to Grand Jury—Fugitive Slave Law 30 F. Cas. 1007 1851 0 Charge to Grand Jury - Fugutive Slave Law Circuit Court, S.D. New York
Lines v. Smith 4 Fla. 47 1851 0 Enforcement of a Promissory Note Supreme Court of FL
DeBaun v. Atchison 14 Mo. 543 1851 1 Missouri
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
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
Doss v. Campbell 19 Ala. 590 1851 1 Alabama
Sims’s Case 61 Mass. 285 1851 0 Petition for freedom Massachusetts
Moody v. Davis 10 Ga. 403 1851 0 slave contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Shorter's Adm'r v. Mims 18 Ala. 655 1851 1 Alabama