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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Bach v. Abbott 6 La. Ann. 809 1851 0 Sales, mandates, mortgages, promissory notes, simulation Louisiana
Hopper v. Steele 18 Ala. 828 1851 0 Recovery for enslaved person Alabama
Morris v. Williams 6 La. Ann. 391 1851 0 Marital property, sales, successions, privileges, fraud, mortgages Louisiana
Arrington v. Cherry 10 Ga. 429 1851 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Carlton v. Price 10 Ga. 495 1851 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Wylly v. S. Z. Collins & Co. 9 Ga. 223 1851 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Harbinson v. Harrell 19 Ala. 753 1851 0 Levy against property Alabama
Cuthbert v. Wolfe 19 Ala. 373 1851 0 Levy on a enslaved person Alabama
Zeigler v. Scott 10 Ga. 389 1851 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Symmes v. Arnold 10 Ga. 506 1851 0 Non-deed testament Supreme Court of Georgia
White v. Adkins 18 Ala. 636 1851 0 Conversion of enslaved persons Alabama
Kilcrease v. Shelby 23 Miss. 161 1851 0 Right of married woman to property after remarriage Mississippi
Crow v. State 18 Ala. 541 1851 0 Indictment for various crimes by enslaved person Alabama
Bacon v. Leeds 6 La. Ann. 804 1851 0 Suretyship, runaway enslaved person, leases, redhibition Louisiana
Gardner v. Gantt 19 Ala. 666 1851 0 Will & trust Alabama
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
Jones v. Dawson 19 Ala. 672 1851 0 Property dispute Alabama
Lafferty v. Whitesides' lessee 1 Swan 123 1851 0 Tennessee