Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Hamer v. Harrell 2 Stew. & P. 323 1832 0 Trover Alabama
Harrison’s Administrator v. Harrison’s Distributees 39 Ala. 489 1864 0 Final Settlement of Accounts Alabama
Fitzpatrick v. Hearne 44 Ala. 171 1870 0 Warranty with Sale of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Oxford v. State 33 Ala. 416 1859 0 Indicment for Receivning Stolen Goods Alabama
Paulk v. Wolfe, Gillespie & Co. 34 Ala. 541 1859 0 Gift of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Fields v. Walker 23 Ala. 155 1853 0 Freedom Suit Alabama
Buford v. Tucker 44 Ala. 89 1870 0 Action of Promissory Note ofr Hire of Ensalved Person Alabama
Roberts v. Fleming 31 Ala. 683 1858 0 Breach of Warranty for Sale of Enslaved Persons Alabama
State v. Hawkins 8 Port. 461 1839 0 Indicment for Stealing an Enslaved Person Alabama
Singleton v. Gayle 8 Port. 270 1838 0 Bill to Foreclose Mortgage Alabama
Mangham v. Cox & Waring 29 Ala. 81 1856 0 Recovery for Value of a Lost Enslaved Person Alabama
Wittick v. Traun 27 Ala. 562 1855 0 Detinue Alabama
Tannis v. Doe ex dem. St. Cyre 21 Ala. 449 1852 0 Recovery of Land held by a Free Black Person Alabama
Field v. Walker 17 Ala. 80 1849 0 Habeas Corpus Rights of an Ensalved Person Alabama
Anderson v. Brooks 11 Ala. 953 1847 0 Right of Property Alabama
Jemison v. Smith 37 Ala. 185 1861 0 Detinue Alabama
Fambro v. Gantt 12 Ala. 298 1847 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Acker v. Bender 33 Ala. 230 1858 0 Owership Dispute over Mortgaging an Enslaved Person Alabama
State ex rel. Dawson 39 Ala. 367 1864 0 Petition for Habeas Corpus Alabama
Gaines v. Shelton 47 Ala. 413 1872 0 Action on Promissory Note Alabama