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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Poindexter v. Davis 47 Va. 481 1850 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Tucker v. Cheshire Railroad 21 N.H. 29 1850 1 New Hampshire
Fowler v. Merrill 52 U.S. 375 1850 1 United States
Nelms v. State 21 Miss. 500 1850 1 Mississippi
Maples v. Tunis 30 Tenn. 108 1850 1 Tennessee
Johnson v. Valentine 6 N.Y. Super. Ct. 36 1850 1 New York
Bogy v. Shoab 13 Mo. 365 1850 1 Missouri
Williamson v. Berry 49 U.S. 495 1850 1 United States
Stocks v. Van Leonard 8 Ga. 511 1850 1 Georgia
Lewis v. Lewis 13 Pa. 79 1850 1 Pennsylvania
Austin v. Sellors 1 Unrep. Tenn. Cas. 64 1850 1 Tennessee
Lane v. Morris 8 Ga. 468 1850 1 Georgia
Buson v. Dougherty 30 Tenn. 50 1850 1 Tennessee
Cate v. Little 1 Unrep. Tenn. Cas. 63 1850 1 Tennessee
Bane v. Wick 19 Ohio St. 2d 328 1850 1 Ohio
Butler v. Maury 29 Tenn. 420 1850 1 Tennessee
Noland v. Leech 10 Ark. 504 1850 0 Replevin for enslaved persons Arkansas
Sparhawk v. Allen 21 N.H. 9 1850 1 New Hampshire
Irish v. Cutter 31 Me. 536 1850 1 Maine
Beverly v. Stephens 17 Ala. 701 1850 1 Alabama