Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Foster v. Holly 38 Ala. 76 1861 0 Action to recover damages Alabama
Persse v. Watrous 30 Conn. 139 1861 1 Connecticut
McGehee v. Rump 37 Ala. 651 1861 0 Breach of Warranty Alabama
Reynolds v. Roebuck 37 Ala. 408 1861 0 Detinue Alabama
Autrey v. Autrey's Adm'r 37 Ala. 614 1861 0 Settlement and distrubution of estate Alabama
Humphries v. Dawson 38 Ala. 199 1861 0 Detinue Alabama
Moseley's Adm'r v. Mastin 37 Ala. 216 1861 0 Detinue for enslaved persons Alabama
Webb v. Kelly 37 Ala. 333 1861 0 Detinue for enslaved person Alabama
McLemore v. Nuckolls 37 Ala. 662 1861 0 Action of detinue Alabama
Williams v. Avery 38 Ala. 115 1861 0 Marital rights dispute Alabama
King v. Avery 37 Ala. 169 1861 0 Action to recover interest in enslaved persons Alabama
Stein v. State 37 Ala. 123 1861 0 Validity of statements made in a dispute over an enslaved person Alabama
Ex parte Merry 26 Tex. 23 1861 0 Texas
White v. White 57 Va. 264 1861 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Tongue's lessee v. Nutwell 17 Md. 212 1861 0 Maryland
Calvert v. Carter 18 Md. 73 1861 0 Maryland
Davis v. Hubbard 38 Ala. 185 1861 0 Enjoining Recovery Action for an Enslaved Person Alabama
McWilliams v. Falcon 59 N.C. 235 1861 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Miller v. Hampton 37 Ala. 342 1861 0 Detinue for enslaved persons Alabama
Jones v. Gerock 59 N.C. 190 1861 0 Suit in equity North Carolina