Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Hurt v. State 19 Ala. 19 1851 0 Sale of Shoes to an Enslaved Person Alabama
Jones v. Covey 26 Ala. 464 1855 0 Suit for freedom Alabama
Howard v. Coleman 36 Ala. 721 1860 0 Negligence Alabama
Vanzant v. Morris 25 Ala. 285 1854 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Sewall v. Henry 9 Ala. 24 1846 0 Detinue Alabama
M'Gowen v. Young 2 Stew. & P. 160 1832 0 Injunction against Removal of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Hitchcock v. Lukens 8 Port. 333 1838 0 Recovery for damages for loss of enslaved person Alabama
Copewood v. Taylor's adm'r 7 Port. 33 1838 0 Trover Alabama
Drinkwater v. Holliday 11 Ala. 134 1847 0 Action to secure payment Alabama
Mitchell v. Mitchell 3 Stew. & P. 81 1832 0 Action to recover enslaved person Alabama
Moore v. Lesueur 33 Ala. 237 1858 0 Settlement of Estate Alabama
Lloyd v. Rambo 35 Ala. 709 1860 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Echols v. Jordan 39 Ala. 24 1863 0 Partition of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Pettus v. Roberts 6 Ala. 811 1844 0 Assumpsit on a False Warranty of Two Enslaved Persons Alabama
Maull v. Hays 12 Ala. 499 1847 0 Right of Property Alabama
Chambers v. State 26 Ala. 59 1855 0 Illegal Trade of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Beall v. Ledlow 14 Ala. 523 1848 0 Right of Property Alabama
Heirs of Capal v. M'Millan 8 Port. 197 1838 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Rice v. Richardson 3 Ala. 428 1842 0 Action of error on the purhcase of enslaved person Alabama
Burns v. Mayor 34 Ala. 485 1859 0 Violation of municipal ordinance Alabama