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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
US v. Hanway 9 West.L.J. 103 1851 0 Indictment for treason Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
Owens v. People 13 Ill. 59 1851 0 Illinois
Hassard v. Rowe 11 Barb. 22 1851 1 New York
Charge to Grand Jury—Fugitive Slave Law 30 F. Cas. 1013 1851 0 Charge to Grand Jury - Fugutive Slave Law Circuit Court, N.D. New York
In re Charge to Grand Jury - Treason 5 Pa. L.J. 55 1851 0 Assault Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
State v. Dean 35 N.C. 63 1851 0 Indictment for stealing a slave North Carolina
Singleton v. Garrett 23 Miss. 195 1851 1 Mississippi
State v. Latham 35 N.C. 33 1851 1 North Carolina
Hughes v. Mitchell 19 Ala. 268 1851 0 Final Settlement of Guardianship Alabama
Ex parte Yarborough 31 Tenn. 202 1851 1 Tennessee
Moore v. Moore's Ex'or 49 Va. 307 1851 1 Virginia
Fitzgerald v. State 14 Mo. 413 1851 1 Missouri
Gibson v. Love 4 Fla. 217 1851 0 Use of Slaves as Security for Payment Supreme Court of FL
Waters v. Dashiell 1 Md. 455 1851 0 Maryland
Trexler v. State 19 Ala. 21 1851 1 Alabama
Bourland v. Eidson 49 Va. 27 1851 1 Virginia
Brooks v. Ashburn 9 Ga. 297 1851 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Hurt v. State 19 Ala. 19 1851 0 Sale of Shoes to an Enslaved Person Alabama
Mays v. Swope 49 Va. 46 1851 1 Virginia
Gorham v. Daniels 23 Vt. 600 1851 1 Vermont