Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Murray v. State 18 Ala. 727 1851 0 Conversion of enslaved persons Alabama
Nelson v. State 6 Ala. 394 1844 0 Indictment of Enslaved Person for assault Alabama
Ringgold v. Barley 5 Md. 186 1853 0 Maryland
Williams v. Avery 38 Ala. 115 1861 0 Marital rights dispute Alabama
Tison v. McAfee 50 Ga. 279 1873 0 Slave debt Georgia
Gardner v. Boothe 31 Ala. 186 1857 0 Detinue for enslaved persons Alabama
Feagin v. Pearson 42 Ala. 332 1868 0 Action of detinue Alabama
Solomon Walker's Administrators v. Hawkins 2 N.C. 458 1796 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Wilkerson v. McDougal 48 Ala. 517 1872 0 Action of detinue for enslaved persons Alabama
Hodges v. White 16 Ala. 335 1849 0 Marriage property dispute Alabama
Kennedy’s Heirs v. Kennedy’s Heirs 2 Ala. 571 1841 0 Alabama
Eliza v. State 39 Ala. 693 1866 0 Quesiton as to rights of freedmen Alabama
Frow & Ferguson v. Downman 11 Ala. 880 1847 0 Levy on enslaved persons Alabama
Bean v. Bean's Adm'r 37 Ala. 17 1860 0 Estate dispute Alabama
Julian v. Reynolds 8 Ala. 680 1845 0 Estate dispute Alabama
Gaunt v. Tucker's Executors 18 Ala. 27 1850 0 Sale of Enslaved Person dispute Alabama
Ellis v. State 42 Ala. 525 1868 0 Indictment for adultery Alabama
Friend v. Oliver 27 Ala. 532 1855 0 Action for recovery of property Alabama
Ogburn v. Ogburn 3 Port. 126 1836 0 Sale dispute Alabama
Brown v. Forbes 16 Miss. 498 1847 0 Trover for conversion of slave Mississippi