Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Dearman v. Dearman 4 Ala. 521 1842 0 Conveyance Alabama
Gunn v. Barrow 17 Ala. 743 1850 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Miller v. Flournoy's Heirs 26 Ala. 724 1855 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Thomason v. Dill 34 Ala. 175 1859 0 Contract and Warranty for Sale of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Harris v. Maury 30 Ala. 679 1857 0 Contract for Hire of Enslaved Person Alabama
Hopper v. McWhorter 18 Ala. 229 1850 0 Trover Alabama
Buckley v. Cunningham 34 Ala. 69 1859 0 Breach of Warranty for Sale of Enslaved Person Alabama
Lightfoot v. Strahan 7 Ala. 444 1845 0 Disputed Contract Alabama
Commons v. Walters 1 Port. 323 1835 0 Ability to Sell Enslaved Person Alabama
Burns v. Hudson 37 Ala. 62 1860 0 Dipsute over Will Alabama
Foster v. Sykes 23 Ala. 796 1853 0 Recovery for an Enslaved Person's Medical Services Alabama
Vaughan v. Vaughan's Heirs 30 Ala. 329 1857 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Millard's Adm'rs v. Hall 24 Ala. 209 1854 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Brooks v. Pollard 36 Ala. 573 1860 0 Recovery for Purchase of an Enslaved Person without a License Alabama
Thompson v. State 25 Ala. 41 1854 0 Assault and Battery of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Michan v. Wyatt 21 Ala. 813 1852 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Wyatt v. Greer 4 Stew. & P. 318 1833 0 Breach of Contract for Sale of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Taylor v. Branch Bank at Huntsville 21 Ala. 581 1852 0 Levy on enslaved persons Alabama
Crutcher v. Memphis & Charleston Railroad 38 Ala. 579 1863 0 Trover Alabama
Gunter v. Leckey 30 Ala. 591 1857 0 Trover for Conversion of Enslaved Persons Alabama