Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Savage v. Benham 11 Ala. 49 1847 0 Will & trust Alabama
Cook v. Castleberry 233 Ala. 650 1937 1 Alabama
Thomason v. Dill 30 Ala. 444 1857 0 Conflciting Contracts to Borrow Enslaved Persons Alabama
Upson v. Raiford 29 Ala. 188 1856 0 Trover Alabama
May v. Eastin 2 Port. 414 1835 0 Action for Return of an Ensalved Person Alabama
Ivey's Adm'r v. Owens 28 Ala. 641 1856 0 Recovery of Proceeds for Sale of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Field v. Walker 17 Ala. 80 1849 0 Habeas Corpus Rights of an Ensalved Person Alabama
Nimmo v. Stewart 21 Ala. 682 1852 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Ross v. Ross 20 Ala. 105 1852 0 Validity of Certain Claim Filed against Estate Alabama
Goodwin v. Lloyd 8 Port. 237 1838 0 Action of detinue Alabama
M'Coy v. Moss 5 Port. 88 1837 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
Marshall v. Gantt 15 Ala. 682 1849 0 Breach of Warranty Alabama
Barlow v. Lambert 28 Ala. 704 1856 0 Dispute over Hiring an Enslaved Person Alabama
Pitts v. Curtis 4 Ala. 350 1842 0 Ownership Dispute Based on Gift Alabama
Smith v. Ruddle 15 Ala. 28 1848 0 Trover Alabama
Harris v. Rowlands' Adm'rs 23 Ala. 644 1853 0 Recovery of Money for Breach of Warranty Alabama
Rumph v. Abercrombie 12 Ala. 64 1847 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Burt v. State 39 Ala. 617 1866 0 Indictment against an Enslaved Person for Murder of a White Person Alabama
State v. M'Donald 4 Port. 449 1837 0 Indictment for Conspiraring with an Enslaved Person to Start a Rebellion Alabama
State v. Pollock 251 Ala. 603 1948 1 Alabama