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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Knox's Distributees v. Steele 18 Ala. 815 1851 1 Alabama
Nelms v. Williams 18 Ala. 650 1851 1 Alabama
Perminter v. Kelly 18 Ala. 716 1851 1 Alabama
Bellamy v. Bellamy 4 Fla. 242 1851 0 Deed of Conveyance for the Profits and Issues of Property Supreme Court of FL
Sims’s Case 61 Mass. 285 1851 0 Petition for freedom Massachusetts
Lindsay v. State 19 Ala. 560 1851 0 Will & trust Alabama
Green v. Causey 10 Ga. 435 1851 0 Note for slave payment Supreme Court of Georgia
Flynt v. Hatchett 9 Ga. 328 1851 0 Equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
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
Neal v. Farmer 9 Ga. 555 1851 0 recovery for damage to a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Smelser v. Drane 19 Ala. 245 1851 1 Alabama
Judge v. Wilkins 19 Ala. 765 1851 0 Fraud Alabama
Fowler v. Waldrip 10 Ga. 350 1851 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Russell v. Southard 53 U.S. 139 1851 1 United States
Chew v. Chew 1 Md. 163 1851 1 Maryland
Mudd v. Harper 1 Md. 110 1851 1 Maryland
Hilborn v. Hester 43 N.C. 55 1851 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Brinson v. Wharton 43 N.C. 80 1851 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Cassell v. Williams 12 Ill. 387 1851 1 Illinois
Thompson v. Newlin 43 N.C. 32 1851 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina