Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Dearing v. Lightfoot 16 Ala. 28 1849 0 Detinue Alabama
Wittick's Adm'r v. Keiffer 31 Ala. 199 1857 0 Detinue Alabama
Guilford v. Hicks 36 Ala. 95 1860 0 Petition for Habeas Corpus for a Person held Enenslaved persond Alabama
Caldwell v. Wallace 5 Stew. & P. 312 1834 0 Trespass Alabama
Floyd v. State 82 Ala. 16 1886 1 Alabama
Wyatt's Adm'r v. Steele 26 Ala. 639 1855 0 Detinue Alabama
Rutledge v. State 88 Ala. 85 1889 1 Alabama
Cotten v. State 91 Ala. 106 1890 1 Alabama
Grant v. State 97 Ala. 35 1892 1 Alabama
Morgan v. Nelson 43 Ala. 586 1869 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
McCartney v. Calhoun 11 Ala. 110 1847 0 Debate over Title of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Rowan v. Hutchisson 27 Ala. 328 1855 0 Challenged Ownership of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Atwood’s Heirs v. Beck 21 Ala. 590 1852 0 Action by Heirs to Obtain Enslaved Persons from Executors of Estate Alabama
Harkness v. State 129 Ala. 71 1900 1 Alabama
Ragsdale v. State 134 Ala. 24 1901 1 Alabama
Trotter v. Blocker 6 Port. 269 1838 0 Enslaved PersonsFreed in Will, but Heirs to Estate Tried to Retain Hold of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Prater's Adm'r v. Darby 24 Ala. 496 1854 0 Detinue for Enslaved Persons Alabama
Dunlap v. Robinson 28 Ala. 100 1856 0 Life estate in Enslaved Personsdispute Alabama
Sledge’s Adm’rs v. Clopton 6 Ala. 589 1844 0 Use of Enslaved Persons as Collateral Alabama
Cleveland v. Pollard 37 Ala. 556 1861 0 Estate dispute Alabama