Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Lewis v. Elrod 38 Ala. 17 1861 0 Protect Interest in Ensalved Persons Alabama
State v. Coleman 5 Port. 32 1837 0 Indictment for Murder of an Ensalved Person Alabama
Devaughn v. Heath 37 Ala. 595 1861 0 Trespass Alabama
Hirschfelder v. State 19 Ala. 534 1851 0 Indictment for Trading with an Enslaved Person Alabama
Oden v. Stubblefield 2 Ala. 684 1841 0 Detinue Alabama
Steele v. Wyatt's Adm'r 23 Ala. 764 1853 0 Detinue Alabama
Johnson v. Marshall 34 Ala. 522 1859 0 Detinue Alabama
Lewis v. State 30 Ala. 54 1857 0 Indictment for Rape Alabama
Wittick v. Traun 27 Ala. 562 1855 0 Detinue Alabama
Rowland v. Walker 18 Ala. 749 1851 0 Failure of Consideration Alabama
Land v. Cowan 19 Ala. 297 1851 0 Dispute over Conveyance of Property during Widowhood Alabama
Pistole v. Street 5 Port. 64 1837 0 Detinue Alabama
Carroll v. Pathkiller 3 Port. 279 1836 0 Detinue Alabama
Sims v. Adm'r of Sims 8 Port. 449 1839 0 Detinue Alabama
Furlow's Adm'r v. Merrell 23 Ala. 705 1853 0 Detinue Alabama
Whitsett, Garner & Co. v. Slater 23 Ala. 626 1853 0 Levy of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Woolfork's Adm'r v. Sullivan 23 Ala. 548 1853 0 Detinue Alabama
Howell v. Williamson 14 Ala. 419 1848 0 Recovery for a Debt Alabama
Stewart v. Hargrove 23 Ala. 429 1853 0 Bankruptcy Alabama
Francois v. State 20 Ala. 83 1852 0 Sale dispute Alabama