Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Carter v. Balfour's Adm'r 19 Ala. 814 1851 0 Will & trust Alabama
Gaines v. Relf 53 U.S. 472 1851 1 United States
Lewis v. Caperton's Ex'or 49 Va. 148 1851 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Morris v. Williams 6 La. Ann. 391 1851 0 Marital property, sales, successions, privileges, fraud, mortgages Louisiana
Pinckard v. Woods 49 Va. 140 1851 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Beavers v. Davis 19 Ala. 82 1851 0 Dispute over Sale of an Elsanved Person Alabama
Hales v. Harrison 42 N.C. 298 1851 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Sheldon v. Armstead's Adm'r 48 Va. 264 1851 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Hirschfelder v. State 19 Ala. 534 1851 0 Indictment for Trading with an Enslaved Person Alabama
Norton v. Linton 18 Ala. 690 1851 0 Trover Alabama
Pillow v. Rye 1 Swan 185 1851 0 Tennessee
Petty v. Boothe 19 Ala. 633 1851 0 Dispute over Marriage Deed Alabama
Ball v. Johnson's Ex'or 49 Va. 281 1851 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
White v. Suttle 1 Swan 169 1851 0 Tennessee
Rugely v. Robinson 19 Ala. 404 1851 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Allen v. Morgan's Adm'r 49 Va. 60 1851 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Murray v. State 18 Ala. 727 1851 0 Conversion of enslaved persons Alabama
Bell v. Calhoun 49 Va. 22 1851 0 Deed of trust SC of Appeals VA
Griffin's Ex'or v. Macaulay's Adm'r 48 Va. 476 1851 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Morris v. Peregoy 48 Va. 373 1851 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA