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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Merriwether v. Eames 17 Ala. 330 1850 0 Detinue Alabama
Downs v. Kissam 51 U.S. 102 1850 1 United States
Whitecraft v. Vanderver 12 Ill. 235 1850 1 Illinois
Maxwell v. Kennedy 49 U.S. 210 1850 1 United States
Englishbe v. Helmuth 3 N.Y. 294 1850 1 New York
Humphrey v. Hitt 47 Va. 509 1850 1 Virginia
Wheeler v. Smith 50 U.S. 55 1850 1 United States
Grubbs v. Nye 21 Miss. 443 1850 1 Mississippi
Shepherd v. Bevin 9 Gill 32 1850 1 Maryland
Keyser v. Waterbury 7 Barb. 650 1850 1 New York
McClanahan v. Davis 49 U.S. 170 1850 1 United States
Rogan v. Walker 2 Chand. 133 1850 1 Wisconsin
Rogan v. Walker 2 Pin. 463 1850 1 Wisconsin
Brooks v. Dent 1 Md. Ch. 523 1850 1 Maryland
Hileman v. Bouslaugh 13 Pa. 344 1850 1 Pennsylvania
Oglesby v. Gilmore 8 Ga. 95 1850 1 Georgia
Hawkins v. Ridenhour 13 Mo. 125 1850 1 Missouri
White v. Parker 8 Barb. 48 1850 1 New York
Montgomery v. Evans 8 Ga. 178 1850 1 Georgia
Levering v. Heighe 3 Md. Ch. 365 1850 1 Maryland