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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Clark v. Gautier 8 Fla. 360 1859 0 Detainment of a Freed Man Supreme Court of FL
Jones v. Wootten 1 Del. 77 1832 0 Determining whether a person was enslaved Delaware
Landman v. Snodgrass 26 Ala. 593 1855 0 detinue Alabama
Woodley v. Findlay 9 Ala. 716 1846 0 Detinue Alabama
Bernard v. McKenna 4 D.C. 130 1831 0 Detinue United States
Traun v. Keiffer 31 Ala. 136 1857 0 Detinue Alabama
Bernard v. Herbert 3 D.C. 346 1828 0 Detinue United States
Rambo v. Wyatt's Adm'r 32 Ala. 363 1858 0 Detinue Alabama
Bell v. Pharr 7 Ala. 807 1845 0 Detinue Alabama
James v. Scott 9 Ala. 579 1846 0 Detinue Alabama
Morgan v. Smith, Wykoff & Nicholl 29 Ala. 283 1856 0 Detinue Alabama
Walker v. Fenner 20 Ala. 192 1852 0 Detinue Alabama
Reynolds v. Roebuck 37 Ala. 408 1861 0 Detinue Alabama
Price v. Price 5 Ala. 578 1843 0 Detinue Alabama
Reese v. Beck 24 Ala. 651 1854 0 Detinue Alabama
Bell v. Bell's Adm'r 36 Ala. 466 1860 0 Detinue Alabama
Jemison v. Smith 37 Ala. 185 1861 0 Detinue Alabama
Humphries v. Dawson 38 Ala. 199 1861 0 Detinue Alabama
Hall v. Chapman’s Adm’rs 35 Ala. 553 1860 0 Detinue Alabama
Coltart v. Laughinghouse 38 Ala. 190 1861 0 Detinue Alabama