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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Green v. Causey 10 Ga. 435 1851 0 Note for slave payment Supreme Court of Georgia
Sims’s Case 61 Mass. 285 1851 0 Petition for freedom Massachusetts
Lindsay v. State 19 Ala. 560 1851 0 Will & trust Alabama
Knox's Distributees v. Steele 18 Ala. 815 1851 1 Alabama
Moody v. Davis 10 Ga. 403 1851 0 slave contract dispute 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
Lines v. Smith 4 Fla. 47 1851 0 Enforcement of a Promissory Note Supreme Court of FL
Worthy v. Lyon 18 Ala. 784 1851 0 Bill of sale dispute Alabama
Tabb's Adm'r v. Archer's Adm'r 48 Va. 408 1851 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Bacon v. Gray 23 Miss. 140 1851 0 Recovery of enslaved person Mississippi
Watkins v. Gale 13 Ill. 152 1851 1 Illinois
Weir v. Clayton 19 Ala. 132 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
Martin v. Williams 18 Ala. 190 1850 0 Intestatecy action Alabama
Mapp v. Thompson 9 Ga. 42 1850 0 Levy and claim Georgia
Simmons v. Price 18 Ala. 405 1850 1 Alabama
Carrier v. Hampton 33 N.C. 307 1850 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Walker v. Blassingame 17 Ala. 810 1850 0 Will & trust Alabama
Mitchell v. Billingsley 17 Ala. 391 1850 1 Alabama
Gerald v. Bunkley 17 Ala. 170 1850 0 Will & trust Alabama