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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Sewall v. Glidden 1 Ala. 52 1840 0 Detinue Alabama
Mitchell v. Cowsert 20 Ala. 186 1852 0 Detinue Alabama
Jennings v. Blocker's Adm'r 25 Ala. 415 1854 0 Detinue Alabama
Adams v. McMichael 37 Ala. 432 1861 0 Detinue Alabama
Hassell v. Hamilton 33 Ala. 280 1858 0 Detinue Alabama
Bohannan v. Chapman 13 Ala. 641 1848 0 Detinue Alabama
Price v. Price 5 Ala. 578 1843 0 Detinue Alabama
Thompson v. Drake 32 Ala. 99 1858 0 Detinue Alabama
Reese v. Beck 24 Ala. 651 1854 0 Detinue Alabama
Bell v. Hogan 1 Stew. 536 1828 0 Detinue Alabama
Brainard v. McDevitt 21 Ala. 119 1852 0 Detinue Alabama
Miller v. Jones' Adm'r 29 Ala. 174 1856 0 Detinue Alabama
Price v. Tally's Adm'rs 10 Ala. 946 1847 0 Detinue Alabama
Tatum v. Young 1 Port. 298 1835 0 Detinue Alabama
Thomas v. Wallace 5 Ala. 268 1843 0 Detinue Alabama
Sewall v. Henry 9 Ala. 24 1846 0 Detinue Alabama
Brown v. Brown 13 Ala. 208 1848 0 Detinue Alabama
Merriwether v. Eames 17 Ala. 330 1850 0 Detinue Alabama
Snodgrass v. Cabiness 15 Ala. 160 1849 0 Detinue Alabama
Morrison v. Judge 14 Ala. 182 1848 0 Detinue Alabama