Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Donovan v. Pitcher 53 Ala. 411 1875 0 Dispute over Ownership of Land Alabama
Nations v. Hawkins' Adm'rs. 11 Ala. 859 1847 0 Trover Alabama
Guilford v. Hicks 36 Ala. 95 1860 0 Petition for Habeas Corpus for a Person held Enenslaved persond Alabama
Fields v. Walker 23 Ala. 155 1853 0 Freedom Suit Alabama
Hopper v. McWhorter 18 Ala. 229 1850 0 Trover Alabama
Rives v. Wilborne 6 Ala. 45 1844 0 Right of Property Alabama
Gaines v. Shelton 47 Ala. 413 1872 0 Action on Promissory Note Alabama
Elmore v. Mustin 28 Ala. 309 1856 0 Detinue Alabama
Wilson v. Armstrong 42 Ala. 168 1868 0 Action on Promissory Note Alabama
Thompson v. State 25 Ala. 41 1854 0 Assault and Battery of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Harrison’s Administrator v. Harrison’s Distributees 39 Ala. 489 1864 0 Final Settlement of Accounts Alabama
Bryan v. Weems 29 Ala. 423 1856 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Isham v. State 38 Ala. 213 1862 0 Homicide of a White Person Alabama
Toulmin v. Buchanan's Executors 1 Stew. 67 1827 0 Trover Alabama
State v. Hawkins 8 Port. 461 1839 0 Indicment for Stealing an Enslaved Person Alabama
Acker v. Bender 33 Ala. 230 1858 0 Owership Dispute over Mortgaging an Enslaved Person Alabama
Bloodgood v. Grasey 31 Ala. 575 1858 0 Freedom Suit Alabama
Mangham v. Cox & Waring 29 Ala. 81 1856 0 Recovery for Value of a Lost Enslaved Person Alabama
Tannis v. Doe ex dem. St. Cyre 21 Ala. 449 1852 0 Recovery of Land held by a Free Black Person Alabama
Field v. Walker 17 Ala. 80 1849 0 Habeas Corpus Rights of an Ensalved Person Alabama