Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Perkins v. Reed 14 Ala. 536 1848 0 Error in claiming title to enslaved person Alabama
Clayton v. Solomon Banks 1 Del. Cas. 520 1814 0 Escaped enslaved man returned to serve rest of his servitude Delaware
Fickling & Walker Co. v. Giddens Const. Co., 258 Ga. 891 258 Ga. 891 1989 1 escrow Georgia
Belcher v. Sanders 34 Ala. 9 1859 0 Establishhmen of Trust Alabama
Smith v. Croom 7 Fla. 81 1857 0 Establishing Domicile in the State of FL Supreme Court of FL
Elmore v. Ventress 24 La. Ann. 382 1872 0 Estate Louisiana
Succession of James 24 La. Ann. 134 1872 0 Estate Louisiana
Finney v. Sanford 41 Ga. 295 1870 0 Estate and slave debt Supreme Court of Georgia
Flinn v. Davis 18 Ala. 132 1850 0 Estate bequests dispute Alabama
Pollard v. Scears' Adm'r. 28 Ala. 484 1856 0 Estate/credit dispute Alabama
Rogers v. Boyd 33 Ala. 175 1858 0 Estate debt dispute Alabama
Dement v. Adm'rs of Boggess 13 Ala. 140 1848 0 Estate dispute Alabama
McAllister's Executor v. McAllister 37 Ala. 484 1861 0 Estate dispute Alabama
Nolly v. Wilkins 11 Ala. 872 1847 0 Estate dispute Alabama
Dockery v. McDowell 40 Ala. 476 1867 0 Estate dispute Alabama
Julian v. Reynolds 8 Ala. 680 1845 0 Estate dispute Alabama
Allen v. White 16 Ala. 181 1849 0 Estate dispute Alabama
Smith v. Smith 45 Ala. 264 1871 0 Estate dispute Alabama
Bean v. Bean's Adm'r 37 Ala. 17 1860 0 Estate dispute Alabama
Watson v. Hutto 27 Ala. 513 1855 0 Estate dispute Alabama