Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Scidmore v. Smith 13 Johns. 322 1816 0 Trespass for harboring slave SC of New York
Hall v. Goodson 32 Ala. 277 1858 0 Trespass for conversion of enslaved person Alabama
Smith v. Nicholson 6 La. Ann. 704 1851 0 Trespass, conversion, successions, peremption Louisiana
Carmichael v. Trustees of School Lands 4 Miss. 84 1838 0 Trespass committed by slave Mississippi
Parrish v. Parrish 38 Va. 626 1841 0 Trespass and larceny SC of Appeals VA
Watson v. Tool & Nicholson 36 Ala. 13 1860 0 Trespass against sheriff for wrongful levy on enslaved person Alabama
Williams v. Newberry 32 Miss. 256 1856 0 Trespass action for the tortious taking of plaintiff's slaves Mississippi
Randall v. Henry 5 Stew. & P. 367 1834 0 Trespass action Alabama
Devaughn v. Heath 37 Ala. 595 1861 0 Trespass Alabama
Leaird v. Davis 17 Ala. 448 1850 0 Trespass Alabama
Moseley v. Wilkinson 24 Ala. 411 1854 0 Trespass Alabama
Kennedy v. McArthur 5 Ala. 151 1843 0 Trespass Alabama
Nelson v. Bondurant 26 Ala. 341 1855 0 Trespass Alabama
Townsend v. Jeffries' Adm'r 24 Ala. 329 1854 0 Trespass Alabama
Caldwell v. Wallace 5 Stew. & P. 312 1834 0 Trespass Alabama
Bethea v. Taylor 3 Stew. 482 1831 0 Trespass Alabama
Pinkston v. Greene 9 Ala. 19 1846 0 Trespass Alabama
Couch v. Campbell 6 Port. 262 1838 0 Trespass Alabama
Sterrett's Executor v. Kaster 37 Ala. 366 1861 0 Trespass Alabama
McLane v. Spence 11 Ala. 172 1847 0 Trespass Alabama