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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Jure v. Balletin 6 La. Ann. 394 1851 0 Seizure, mortgages, property, sales Louisiana
Walker v. Ferriere 6 La. Ann. 278 1851 0 Redhibition Louisiana
Bellamy v. Bellamy 4 Fla. 242 1851 0 Deed of Conveyance for the Profits and Issues of Property Supreme Court of FL
Romer v. Woods 6 La. Ann. 29 1851 0 Sales, redhibition, prescription Louisiana
Hardwick v. Thomas 10 Ga. 266 1851 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Garretson v. Vanloon 3 Greene 128 1851 1 Iowa
Cook v. Cook 12 Ark. 381 1851 0 Dower dispute Arkansas
Ewing v. Sanford 19 Ala. 605 1851 0 Alleged Theft of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Smith v. Hooks 19 Ala. 101 1851 0 Trover Alabama
Rhem v. Tull 35 N.C. 57 1851 1 North Carolina
Townshend v. Townshend 9 Gill 506 1851 0 Maryland
Young v. Frost 1 Md. 377 1851 1 Maryland
Lee v. Sprague 14 Mo. 476 1851 1 Missouri
Ragland v. Justices of the Inferior Court ex rel. Jones 10 Ga. 65 1851 0 Slave debt Supreme Court of Georgia
Ellis v. Welsh 38 S.C.L. 468 1851 1 South Carolina
Smith's Adm'r v. Charlton's Adm'r 48 Va. 425 1851 1 Virginia
Mobley v. Mobley 9 Ga. 247 1851 0 fraud Supreme Court of Georgia
Berry v. State 10 Ga. 511 1851 0 Larceny Supreme Court of Georgia
Carter v. Buchanan 9 Ga. 539 1851 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Charge to Grand Jury—Fugitive Slave Law 30 F. Cas. 1015 1851 0 Re. fugitive slave law United States