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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Bacon v. Leeds 6 La. Ann. 804 1851 0 Suretyship, runaway enslaved person, leases, redhibition Louisiana
Washburn v. Humphreys 35 N.C. 88 1851 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Allen v. Bryant 42 N.C. 276 1851 0 Trusts North Carolina
Johnson v. Thweatt 18 Ala. 741 1851 0 Deed dispute Alabama
State v. Presnell 34 N.C. 103 1851 0 Indictment for selling liquor to a slave North Carolina
Pitt v. Petway 34 N.C. 69 1851 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Taylor v. American Bible Society 42 N.C. 201 1851 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Gaskill v. King 34 N.C. 211 1851 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Hinton v. Lewis 42 N.C. 184 1851 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Phillips v. Humphrey 42 N.C. 206 1851 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Pinson v. Williams 23 Miss. 64 1851 0 Division of estate (?) Mississippi
Morris v. Williams 6 La. Ann. 391 1851 0 Marital property, sales, successions, privileges, fraud, mortgages Louisiana
Crow v. State 18 Ala. 541 1851 0 Indictment for various crimes by enslaved person Alabama
Buffaloe v. Baugh 34 N.C. 201 1851 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Demise of Hardy v. Simpson 35 N.C. 132 1851 0 Fraudulent Conveyance North Carolina
Mullins v. Lyles 31 Tenn. 337 1851 0 Tennessee
White v. Suttle 1 Swan 169 1851 0 Tennessee
Bach v. Abbott 6 La. Ann. 809 1851 0 Sales, mandates, mortgages, promissory notes, simulation Louisiana
Tilghman v. West 43 N.C. 183 1851 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Green v. Lane 43 N.C. 70 1851 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina