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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Earle v. Reid 25 Ala. 463 1854 0 Recovery for enslaved person Alabama
Manning v. Manning 24 Ala. 386 1854 0 Martial property dispute Alabama
Townsend v. Jeffries' Adm'r 24 Ala. 329 1854 0 Trespass Alabama
Sturgis v. Arcenaux 9 La. Ann. 136 1854 0 Property, judgment creditors, contracts Louisiana
Wilcox v. Henderson 9 La. Ann. 347 1854 0 Unpaid wages, property, promissory notes Louisiana
Moseley v. Wilkinson 24 Ala. 411 1854 0 Trespass Alabama
Rumbly v. Stainton 24 Ala. 712 1854 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Stallings v. Finch 25 Ala. 518 1854 0 Conversion Alabama
Pepper v. Dunlap 9 La. Ann. 137 1854 0 Sales, judicial seizure, property, prescription, eviction Louisiana
Thompson v. Thompson 12 Tex. 327 1854 0 Action to recover slaves Texas
Weight v. Henderson 12 Tex. 43 1854 0 Trial for the right of property Texas
Montgomery v. Givhan 24 Ala. 568 1854 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Thorn v. Tyson 9 La. Ann. 231 1854 0 Promissory notes, sales, mortgages, privileges Louisiana
Malinda v. Gardner 24 Ala. 719 1854 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Bird v. Vail 9 La. Ann. 176 1854 0 Emancipation, successions, wills Louisiana
M. & B. Mullen & Co. v. Scott 9 La. Ann. 173 1854 0 Judicial seizure, sales, mortgages, res judicata Louisiana
Simonds v. Byrne 9 La. Ann. 93 1854 0 Successions, emancipation, sales, parol evidence Louisiana
Eskridge v. State 25 Ala. 30 1854 0 Indictment for the Crime of Mayhem Alabama
Wyatt v. State 25 Ala. 9 1854 0 Confession of enslaved person Alabama
Crosby v. Hawthorn 25 Ala. 221 1854 0 Action for Attempting to Assist Enslaved Persons to Escape Alabama