Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Overstreet v. Nunn's Executors 36 Ala. 649 1860 0 Trover for conversion Alabama
King v. Sawyer 1 Ala. App. 439 1911 1 Alabama
Pounds v. Richards 21 Ala. 424 1852 0 Conversion of enslaved persons Alabama
Mobile & Montgomery Railway Co. v. McKellar 59 Ala. 458 1877 1 Alabama
Hooks v. Br. Bank 15 Ala. 609 1849 0 Levy on enslaved persons Alabama
Howard v. Cullman County 198 So. 3d 478 2015 1 Alabama
Houston v. Crutchfield's Adm'r 22 Ala. 76 1853 0 Dispute over Sale of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Morehead v. Gayle 2 Stew. & P. 224 1832 0 Recovery of Promissory Note Alabama
Goodgame v. Cole & Co. 12 Ala. 77 1847 0 Property dispute Alabama
Reynolds v. State 1 Ala. App. 24 1911 1 Alabama
Mobley v. Barnes 26 Ala. 718 1855 0 Trover Alabama
Bell v. Chambers 38 Ala. 660 1863 0 Loss of Enslaved PersonsTransported withou Written Authority Alabama
Martin's Executrix v. Martin 25 Ala. 201 1854 0 Trover for conversion of enslaved person Alabama
Jack v. Doran's Executors 37 Ala. 265 1861 0 Freedom Suit Alabama
Fisher & Johnson v. Campbell 9 Port. 210 1839 0 Purchase of property disptue Alabama
Arthur v. Gayle 38 Ala. 259 1862 0 Conversion and Illegal Sale of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Bradford v. Bradley's Adm'rs 37 Ala. 453 1861 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Couch v. State 6 Ala. App. 43 1912 1 Alabama
Cowan v. Cooper 41 Ala. 187 1867 0 Contract dispute Alabama
Governor v. Baker 14 Ala. 652 1848 0 Action against sheriff for failure to return enslaved persons Alabama