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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
McChesney v. Bruce 1 Md. 344 1851 0 Maryland
Currier v. Perley 24 N.H. 219 1851 1 New Hampshire
Wilson v. State 20 Ohio 26 1851 1 Ohio
Weems v. George 54 U.S. 190 1851 1 United States
Jones v. State 20 Ohio 34 1851 1 Ohio
Gilmer v. Ware 19 Ala. 252 1851 0 Deceit in the Sale of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Grant v. Johnson 5 N.Y. 247 1851 0 Insurance Policy Court of Appeals of New York
United States v. Clements 25 F. Cas. 467 1851 1 United States
People v. McCauley 1 Cal. 379 1851 1 California
Yarborough v. West 10 Ga. 471 1851 0 Remainder of Estate cannot be given by verbal gift Supreme Court of Georgia
Lessee of Jennings v. Wood 20 Ohio 261 1851 1 Ohio
Fowler v. Waldrip 10 Ga. 350 1851 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
DeBaun v. Atchison 14 Mo. 543 1851 1 Missouri
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
Worthy v. Lyon 18 Ala. 784 1851 0 Bill of sale dispute Alabama
Tuck v. Bowie 1 Md. 87 1851 0 Maryland
Judge v. Wilkins 19 Ala. 765 1851 0 Fraud Alabama
Bellamy v. Bellamy 4 Fla. 242 1851 0 Deed of Conveyance for the Profits and Issues of Property Supreme Court of FL
Neal v. Farmer 9 Ga. 555 1851 0 recovery for damage to a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Moody v. Davis 10 Ga. 403 1851 0 slave contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia