Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
May v. Eastin 2 Port. 414 1835 0 Action for Return of an Ensalved Person Alabama
Crosby v. Hawthorn 25 Ala. 221 1854 0 Action for Attempting to Assist Enslaved Persons to Escape Alabama
Isham v. State 38 Ala. 213 1862 0 Homicide of a White Person Alabama
Sidney v. White 12 Ala. 728 1848 0 Freedom Suit Alabama
Bohannan v. Chapman 13 Ala. 641 1848 0 Detinue Alabama
King v. Kenan 38 Ala. 63 1861 0 Recovery for enslaved person Alabama
McIntosh v. Alexander 16 Ala. 87 1849 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Moore v. Spence 6 Ala. 506 1844 0 Trespass Alabama
Barney v. Earle 13 Ala. 106 1848 0 Stock exchange - property exchange Alabama
Turnipseed v. State 6 Ala. 664 1844 0 Cruel Punishment of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Lavender v. Lee 14 Ala. 688 1848 0 Dispute over Deed Alabama
Kennedy’s Heirs v. Kennedy’s Heirs 2 Ala. 571 1841 0 Alabama
Wheat v. Croom 7 Ala. 349 1845 0 Trespass Alabama
Stikes v. Swanson 44 Ala. 633 1870 0 Recovery for emancipation Alabama
Thomas v. Degraffenreid 17 Ala. 602 1850 0 Right of Property Alabama
Ayres v. Moore 2 Stew. 336 1830 0 Wrongful detention of an ensalved person Alabama
Smith v. Rogers 1 Stew. & P. 317 1832 0 Fradulent Transfer of Estate Alabama
Boyd v. Woodfin 3 Stew. 357 1831 0 Levy on enslaved person Alabama
Seay v. Marks 23 Ala. 532 1853 0 Conversion of enslaved person Alabama
Morris v. Harvey 4 Ala. 300 1842 0 Detinue for a enslaved person Alabama