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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Burton v. Holly 18 Ala. 408 1850 1 Alabama
Harwell v. Steel 17 Ala. 372 1850 1 Alabama
Hair v. Grigsby 18 Ala. 45 1850 1 Alabama
Gayle v. Bancroft 17 Ala. 351 1850 1 Alabama
Floyd v. Ricks 11 Ark. 451 1850 1 Arkansas
Pipkin v. Hewlett 17 Ala. 291 1850 1 Alabama
Johnson v. Toulmin 18 Ala. 50 1850 1 Alabama
Irish v. Cutter 31 Me. 536 1850 1 Maine
Price v. Br. Bank 17 Ala. 374 1850 1 Alabama
Wilson's Heirs v. Wilson's Adm'r 18 Ala. 176 1850 1 Alabama
Williamson v. Mason 18 Ala. 87 1850 1 Alabama
Brown v. Lyon 17 Ala. 659 1850 1 Alabama
Sparks v. Rawls 17 Ala. 211 1850 1 Alabama
Huntly v. Huntly 41 N.C. 514 1850 0 Trusts North Carolina
Reed v. Cox 41 N.C. 511 1850 0 Trusts North Carolina
Francis v. Welch 33 N.C. 215 1850 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Vance v. Isbel 21 Miss. 371 1850 1 Mississippi
Dillon v. Bennett 22 Miss. 171 1850 0 Chattel mortgages after sale of property, including enslaved persons Mississippi
Rail v. Dotson 22 Miss. 176 1850 0 Division of estate Mississippi
Scott v. Metcalf 21 Miss. 563 1850 1 Mississippi