Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
State v. Ware 10 Ala. 814 1846 0 Action for wrongful seizure Alabama
Dane v. Mayor of Mobile 36 Ala. 304 1860 0 Action for violation of municipal ordinance Alabama
Ex parte Vincent 26 Ala. 145 1855 0 Action for theft Alabama
McLane v. Miller 12 Ala. 643 1847 0 Action for Stolen Enslaved Persons Alabama
Bennett v. Black 1 Stew. 39 1827 0 Action for Stealing an Enslaved Person Alabama
Baylor v. Scott 2 Port. 315 1835 0 Action for sheriff to sell enslaved persons Alabama
May v. Eastin 2 Port. 414 1835 0 Action for Return of an Ensalved Person Alabama
Friend v. Oliver 27 Ala. 532 1855 0 Action for recovery of property Alabama
Armstead v. Thomas 9 Ala. 586 1846 0 Action for recovery of property Alabama
Tate v. McCrary 21 Ala. 499 1852 0 Action for recovery of enslaved persons Alabama
Douthitt v. Hudson 4 Ala. 110 1842 0 Action for recovery of enslaved person Alabama
Taylor v. Paullin 11 Ala. 512 1847 0 Action for recovery of clothing for enslaved persons Alabama
Switzer v. Guardians of Holloway 2 Port. 88 1835 0 Action for recovery of a enslaved person Alabama
Athey v. Olive 34 Ala. 711 1859 0 Action for purchase of enslaved person Alabama
Trippe v. Trippe 29 Ala. 637 1857 0 Action for partition Alabama
Barbour County v. Brunson 36 Ala. 362 1860 0 Action for negligence Alabama
Crockett v. State 38 Ala. 387 1862 0 Action for murder of a Enslaved Person by a enslaved person Alabama
Braley v. Clarke 18 Ala. 436 1850 0 Action for levy on a enslaved person Alabama
Bethea v. McColl 5 Ala. 308 1843 0 Action for Improper Conveyance of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Sharp v. Burns & Coles 35 Ala. 653 1860 0 Action for Goods Sold and Delivered Alabama