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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Fowlkes v. Memphis & Charleston Railroad 38 Ala. 310 1862 0 Action to recover damages for death of enslaved person Alabama
Morton v. Bradley 30 Ala. 683 1857 0 Action to Recover Damages for Killing an Enslaved Person Alabama
Dargan v. Mayor of Mobile 31 Ala. 469 1858 0 Action to recover damages for loss of enslaved person Alabama
Mann v. Macon & Western Railroad 32 Ga. 345 1861 0 Action to recover damages from railroad company for death of a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Williamson v. Lewis 39 Pa. 9 1861 0 Action to recover debt SC of PA.
Bethea's Executor v. Smith 40 Ala. 415 1867 0 Action to recover enslaved person Alabama
O'Conner v. Youngblood 16 Ala. 718 1849 0 Action to recover enslaved person Alabama
Long v. Kent 6 Ala. 100 1844 0 Action to recover enslaved person Alabama
Mitchell v. Mitchell 3 Stew. & P. 81 1832 0 Action to recover enslaved person Alabama
Hodge v. Wyatt 10 Ala. 271 1846 0 Action to recover enslaved person Alabama
Holman v. Sims 39 Ala. 709 1866 0 Action to recover enslaved person Alabama
Bohannon v. Chapman 17 Ala. 696 1850 0 Action to recover enslaved person Alabama
Bell v. Bell’s Adm’r 37 Ala. 536 1861 0 Action to recover Enslaved Person from estate Alabama
Lee v. Hamilton 3 Ala. 529 1842 0 Action to recover enslaved persons Alabama
M'Kinney's Executors v. M'Kinney's Administrators 2 Stew. 17 1829 0 Action to recover enslaved persons Alabama
Le Baron v. James 4 Ala. 687 1843 0 Action to recover enslaved persons Alabama
James v. Stiggins 13 Ala. 830 1848 0 Action to recover enslaved persons Alabama
Dubose v. Young 10 Ala. 365 1846 0 Action to recover enslaved persons Alabama
Foote v. Cobb 18 Ala. 585 1851 0 Action to recover enslaved persons Alabama
Walker v. Gregory 36 Ala. 180 1860 0 Action to recover enslaved persons Alabama