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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Machen v. Machen 15 Ala. 373 1849 0 Detinue Alabama
Harris v. Hillman 26 Ala. 380 1855 0 Detinue Alabama
Scott v. Baber 13 Ala. 182 1848 0 Detinue Alabama
Pace v. Bonner 27 Ala. 307 1855 0 Detinue Alabama
State v. Clarissa 11 Ala. 57 1847 0 Indictment for Attempt to Poison Alabama
State v. Stephen 15 Ala. 534 1849 0 Indictment for murder Alabama
Hale v. Stone 14 Ala. 803 1848 0 Levy Alabama
Gimon v. Terrell 38 Ala. 208 1861 0 Trover Alabama
Charles v. State 4 Port. 107 1836 0 Alabama
Gilmer v. Ware 19 Ala. 252 1851 0 Deceit in the Sale of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Boring v. Williams 17 Ala. 510 1850 0 Alabama
Stringfellow v. Mariott 1 Ala. 573 1840 0 Contract Alabama
Hitt v. Rush 22 Ala. 563 1853 0 Dispute over will Alabama
Gibson v. Land 27 Ala. 117 1855 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Grant v. Moseley 29 Ala. 302 1856 0 Recovery of damages Alabama
Myers' Executors v. Myers 33 Ala. 85 1858 0 Action brought Against Executor to Recover Enslaved Persons Alabama
Overton v. Ex'ors of Morris 3 Port. 249 1836 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Smith v. Wiggins 3 Stew. 221 1830 0 Detinue for an Enslaved Person Alabama
Isham v. State 38 Ala. 213 1862 0 Homicide of a White Person Alabama
Worthy v. Patterson 20 Ala. 172 1852 0 False Warranty of an Enslaved Person Alabama