Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Mallery v. Dudley 84 Ga 52 1848 0 Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Gardner v. Sovran Bank 16 Va. Cir. 73 1989 1 trust Virginia
Gaines v. Briggs 9 Ark. 46 1848 0 Trovery of enslaved persons Arkansas
Hall v. Hall 27 Miss. 458 1854 0 Trover to recover value of enslaved man Mississippi
White v. Johnson 23 Miss. 68 1851 0 Trover to recover enslaved persons Mississippi
Wyatt’s Adm'r v. Rambo 29 Ala. 510 1857 0 Trover to recover enslaved person Alabama
Powell v. Olds 9 Ala. 861 1846 0 Trover of a Young Female Enslaved Person Alabama
Taylor v. Horsey 5 Del. 131 1849 0 Trover of an enslaved individual Delaware
Montgomery v. Norris 2 Miss. 499 1837 0 Trover for slaves Mississippi
Jokes v. Mason 12 Ark. 687 1852 0 Trover for property Arkansas
Montgomery Adm'r. v. Erwin 24 Ark. 540 1867 0 Trover for enslaved persons Arkansas
Brown v. Forbes 16 Miss. 498 1847 0 Trover for conversion of slave Mississippi
Gunter v. Leckey 30 Ala. 591 1857 0 Trover for Conversion of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Coate v. Coate's Adm'r 37 Ala. 695 1861 0 Trover for conversion of enslaved persons Alabama
McMillion v. Pigg 3 Stew. 165 1830 0 Trover for conversion of enslaved persons Alabama
Kennington v. Williams 30 Ala. 361 1857 0 Trover for conversion of enslaved persons Alabama
Wyatt’s Adm’r v. Scott 33 Ala. 313 1858 0 Trover for conversion of enslaved person Alabama
Haden v. Tucker 38 Ala. 399 1862 0 Trover for conversion of enslaved person Alabama
Napier v. Barry 24 Ala. 511 1854 0 Trover for conversion of enslaved person Alabama
Martin's Executrix v. Martin 25 Ala. 201 1854 0 Trover for conversion of enslaved person Alabama