Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Powell v. Wragg 13 Ala. 161 1848 0 Right of Property Alabama
Little v. Beazley 2 Ala. 703 1841 1 Alabama
Fitzpatrick v. Hearne 44 Ala. 171 1870 0 Warranty with Sale of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Adams v. Garrett 12 Ala. 229 1847 0 Detinue Alabama
Quinn v. Wiswall 7 Ala. 645 1845 1 Alabama
Meacham v. Williams 9 Ala. 842 1846 0 Possession of Enslaved Person in Gift Alabama
Ex parte Harrison 7 Ala. 736 1845 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Cockrill's Adm'r v. Hobson 16 Ala. 391 1849 0 Contract and Will Dispute Alabama
Cleere v. Cleere 82 Ala. 581 1886 1 Alabama
Elmes v. Sutherland 7 Ala. 262 1845 0 Will & trust Alabama
Owen v. McGehee 61 Ala. 440 1878 1 Alabama
Weaver v. Yeatmans 15 Ala. 539 1849 0 Right of Property Alabama
Ohio Life Insurance & Trust Co. v. Ledyard 8 Ala. 866 1846 1 Alabama
James v. Scott 9 Ala. 579 1846 0 Detinue Alabama
Nesbitt v. Pearson's Adm'rs 33 Ala. 668 1859 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
State v. Hawkins 8 Port. 461 1839 0 Indicment for Stealing an Enslaved Person Alabama
Town Council of Cahaba v. Burnett 34 Ala. 400 1859 1 Alabama
Winter v. State 20 Ala. 39 1852 0 Freedom of Two "Mulattoes" Alabama
Williamson v. Mason 23 Ala. 488 1853 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Gunter v. Leckey 30 Ala. 591 1857 0 Trover for Conversion of Enslaved Persons Alabama