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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Jones v. Parks 22 Ala. 446 1853 0 Detinue Alabama
Puryear v. Beard 14 Ala. 121 1848 0 Detinue Alabama
Chamberlain v. Gaillard 26 Ala. 504 1855 0 Detinue Alabama
Sewall v. Henry 9 Ala. 24 1846 0 Detinue Alabama
Tatum v. Young 1 Port. 298 1835 0 Detinue Alabama
Scott v. Baber 13 Ala. 182 1848 0 Detinue Alabama
James v. Scott 9 Ala. 579 1846 0 Detinue Alabama
Slaughter v. Cunningham 24 Ala. 260 1854 0 Detinue Alabama
Fralick v. Presley 29 Ala. 457 1856 0 Detinue Alabama
Fuqua v. Hunt 1 Ala. 197 1840 0 Detinue Alabama
Burt v. Kimbell 5 Port. 137 1837 0 Detinue Alabama
Manly's Adm'r v. Turnipseed 37 Ala. 522 1861 0 Detinue Alabama
Smoot v. Fitzhugh 9 Port. 72 1839 0 Detinue Alabama
Brown v. Brown 13 Ala. 208 1848 0 Detinue Alabama
Pace v. Bonner 27 Ala. 307 1855 0 Detinue Alabama
Snodgrass v. Cabiness 15 Ala. 160 1849 0 Detinue Alabama
Ewing v. Standefer 18 Ala. 400 1850 0 Detinue Alabama
Nelson v. Iverson 24 Ala. 9 1853 0 Detinue Alabama
Morrison v. Judge 14 Ala. 182 1848 0 Detinue Alabama
Thomason v. Odum 23 Ala. 480 1853 0 Detinue Alabama