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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Perry v. Holloway 6 La. Ann. 265 1851 0 Property, sales, partnerships Louisiana
State v. Read 6 La. Ann. 227 1851 0 Criminal law Louisiana
Wallis v. Thomas 6 La. Ann. 76 1851 0 Sales, judicial seizure Louisiana
Nichols v. Botts 6 La. Ann. 437 1851 0 Judicial seizure, property, privileges, sales Louisiana
Wilson v. Judge of the Co. Court 18 Ala. 757 1851 1 Alabama
State v. Jonas 6 La. Ann. 695 1851 0 Criminal law, capital punishment, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Heres v. Powell 6 La. Ann. 586 1851 0 Sales, taxes Louisiana
Wilson v. Doster 42 N.C. 231 1851 1 North Carolina
State v. Cheek 35 N.C. 114 1851 1 North Carolina
Collins v. Carlile 13 Ill. 254 1851 1 Illinois
Hall v. Hill 6 La. Ann. 745 1851 0 Wills, property, possessory action, sales Louisiana
Olive v. Alter 14 Mo. 185 1851 1 Missouri
Rawls v. Rawls 6 La. Ann. 665 1851 0 Successions, promissory notes, sales, tutorship Louisiana
Jeter v. Deslondes 6 La. Ann. 379 1851 0 Property, trusts, mortgages Louisiana
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