Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Parish's Adm'r v. Balkum 40 Ala. 285 1866 0 Detinue for enslaved person Alabama
Carew v. Love's Adm'r 30 Ala. 577 1857 0 Detinue for enslaved person Alabama
Carpenter v. Jeter 4 Stew. & P. 326 1833 0 Detinue for enslaved persons Alabama
Gary v. Terrill 9 Ala. 206 1846 0 Detinue for enslaved persons Alabama
Bell's Adm'r v. Nichols 38 Ala. 678 1863 0 Detinue for enslaved persons Alabama
Moseley's Adm'r v. Mastin 37 Ala. 216 1861 0 Detinue for enslaved persons Alabama
Miller v. Hampton 37 Ala. 342 1861 0 Detinue for enslaved persons Alabama
Gardner v. Boothe 31 Ala. 186 1857 0 Detinue for enslaved persons Alabama
Patton v. Hamner 33 Ala. 307 1858 0 Detinue for enslaved persons Alabama
Prater's Adm'r v. Darby 24 Ala. 496 1854 0 Detinue for Enslaved Persons Alabama
Miller v. Eatman 11 Ala. 609 1847 0 Detinue for four enslaved persons Alabama
Napier v. Cook 9 Ala. 838 1846 0 Detinue for property Alabama
Jordan v. Thomas 31 Miss. 557 1856 0 Detinue for recovery of enslaved woman Mississippi
Beard v. Childress 4 Ala. 411 1842 0 Detinue for Two Enslaved Persons Alabama
Dozier v. Joyce 8 Port. 303 1838 0 Detinue for wrongful detention of enslaved persons Alabama
Scott's Executor v. Auld 3 D.C. 647 1829 0 Detinue /parol evidence United States
Whitfield v. Whitfield 44 Miss. 254 1870 0 Detinue suit for personal property, including slaves Mississippi
Savage v. Dickson 16 Ala. 257 1849 0 Detinue to recover enslaved persons Alabama
Kinnard v. Thompson 12 Ala. 487 1847 0 Detinue to recover enslaved persons Alabama
Wells v. Shipp 1 Miss. 353 1829 0 Detinue to recover slaves Mississippi