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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Phillips v. Humphrey 42 N.C. 206 1851 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
State v. Presnell 34 N.C. 103 1851 0 Indictment for selling liquor to a slave North Carolina
Buffaloe v. Baugh 34 N.C. 201 1851 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Hinton v. Lewis 42 N.C. 184 1851 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Turner v. Fenner 19 Ala. 355 1851 0 Recovery of enslaved persons Alabama
Bailey v. Rawley 1 Swan 295 1851 0 Tennessee
Adams v. McKenzie 18 Ala. 698 1851 0 Deed dispute Alabama
Lyon v. Lyon 43 N.C. 201 1851 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Gaskill v. King 34 N.C. 211 1851 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Sparkman v. Daughtry 35 N.C. 168 1851 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
State v. Cherry 1 Swan 160 1851 0 Tennessee
Comby v. McMichael 19 Ala. 747 1851 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Duncan v. Johnson 23 Miss. 130 1851 0 Distribution of enslaved persons in estate Mississippi
Drane v. Gunter 19 Ala. 731 1851 0 Will & trust Alabama
Drake v. Moore 18 Ala. 597 1851 0 Title dispute Alabama
Collins v. Lavenberg & Co. 19 Ala. 682 1851 0 Will & trust Alabama
White v. Johnson 23 Miss. 68 1851 0 Trover to recover enslaved persons Mississippi
Houston v. Starnes 34 N.C. 313 1851 0 Action on a covenant North Carolina
Palmer v. Benson 19 Ala. 594 1851 0 Detinue Alabama
Jones v. Dawson 19 Ala. 672 1851 0 Property dispute Alabama