Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Bradford v. Bradley's Adm'rs 37 Ala. 453 1861 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Miller v. Hampton 37 Ala. 342 1861 0 Detinue for enslaved persons Alabama
McWilliams v. Falcon 59 N.C. 235 1861 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Creswell's Executor v. Walker 37 Ala. 229 1861 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Patterson v. Flanagan 37 Ala. 513 1861 0 Trover Alabama
Coate v. Coate's Adm'r 37 Ala. 695 1861 0 Trover for conversion of enslaved persons Alabama
White v. White 57 Va. 264 1861 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Manly's Adm'r v. Turnipseed 37 Ala. 522 1861 0 Detinue Alabama
Gregory v. Walker 38 Ala. 26 1861 0 Action for ejectment Alabama
Greene's Executor v. Speer 37 Ala. 532 1861 0 Settlement of estate dispute Alabama
Merkle v. State 37 Ala. 139 1861 1 Alabama
Watson v. Savell 9 Fla. 506 1861 0 Failure of a Warranty for Sale of a Slave Supreme Court of FL
Autrey v. Autrey's Adm'r 37 Ala. 614 1861 0 Settlement and distrubution of estate Alabama
Cook v. Baine 37 Ala. 350 1861 0 Levy on execution of contract Alabama
Powell v. Leonard 9 Fla. 359 1861 0 Delivery of a Slave as a "Causa Mortis" Gift Supreme Court of FL
Poole v. North Carolina Rail Road 53 N.C. 340 1861 0 Negligence North Carolina
Woodward v. Roane 23 Ark. 523 1861 0 Execution on enslaved persons Arkansas
Henry v. Harbison 23 Ark. 25 1861 0 Gift of enslaved persons Arkansas
Ben v. State 37 Ala. 103 1861 0 Wrongful detention of a enslaved person Alabama
Lewis v. McAfee 32 Ga. 465 1861 0 Action brought to recover cost of slave Supreme Court of Georgia