Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
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
Evans v. Battle 19 Ala. 398 1851 0 Property dispute Alabama
Lafferty v. Whitesides' lessee 1 Swan 123 1851 0 Tennessee
Gillespie v. Edmonston 11 Hum. 553 1851 0 Tennessee
Bayne v. Suit 1 Md. 80 1851 0 Maryland
Simpson v. McKay 34 N.C. 141 1851 0 Action of covenant North Carolina
Rawlings v. State 1 Md. 127 1851 0 Maryland
Evans v. The Governor 18 Ala. 659 1851 0 Levy on property Alabama
Mullins v. Lyles 31 Tenn. 337 1851 0 Tennessee
Pinson v. Williams 23 Miss. 64 1851 0 Division of estate (?) Mississippi
Rowe v. State 11 Hum. 491 1851 0 Tennessee
Motley v. Motley 42 N.C. 211 1851 0 Contracts North Carolina
Portevant v. Pendleton's Administrators 23 Miss. 25 1851 0 Recovery for hire of enslaved persons Mississippi
Cross v. Camp 42 N.C. 193 1851 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Clagon v. Veasey 42 N.C. 175 1851 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Craig v. Miller 34 N.C. 375 1851 0 Action of trover North Carolina
McAllister v. McAllister 34 N.C. 184 1851 0 Sales North Carolina