Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
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
Ballantyne v. Turner 59 N.C. 224 1861 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Parish v. Parish 37 Ala. 591 1861 0 Bequest of enslaved persons Alabama
Patterson v. Flanagan 37 Ala. 513 1861 0 Trover Alabama
McLeod v. Dell 9 Fla. 451 1861 0 Enforecment of a Nuncipative Will Supreme Court of FL
Powell v. Leonard 9 Fla. 359 1861 0 Delivery of a Slave as a "Causa Mortis" Gift Supreme Court of FL
Tillman v. Tillman 59 N.C. 206 1861 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Manly's Adm'r v. Turnipseed 37 Ala. 522 1861 0 Detinue Alabama
Attorney General v. Pierce 59 N.C. 240 1861 0 Taxes North Carolina
Gimon v. Baldwin 38 Ala. 60 1861 0 Trover Alabama
Coker v. Pitts 37 Ala. 692 1861 0 Contract dispute Alabama
Watson v. Savell 9 Fla. 506 1861 0 Failure of a Warranty for Sale of a Slave Supreme Court of FL
Jones v. Jones' Executor 37 Ala. 646 1861 0 Emanciaption of Enslaved Personsdispute Alabama
Cleveland v. Pollard 37 Ala. 556 1861 0 Estate dispute Alabama
Caleb v. State 39 Miss. 721 1861 0 Evidentiary issues in the murder of a white man by an enslaved man Mississippi
Clopton v. Jones' Executor 38 Ala. 121 1861 0 Final settlement dispute Alabama
Jack v. Doran's Executors 37 Ala. 265 1861 0 Freedom Suit Alabama