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Case Name Citation ▲ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Succession of Simon 23 La. Ann. 533 1871 0 Mortgage Louisiana
Smith v. Henderson 23 La. Ann. 649 1871 0 Mortgage/issue w/mortgage of slaves who now were proclaimed free Louisiana
Lastrapes v. Rocquet 23 La. Ann. 68 1871 0 Mortgage/Promissory Note Louisiana
Rabun v. Pierson 23 La. Ann. 696 1871 0 Property/debts of freed slaves Louisiana
Smithers v. Hooper 23 Md. 273 1865 0 Maryland
Bruce v. Leveringe 23 Md. 288 1865 0 Maryland
Brown v. State 23 Md. 503 1865 0 Maryland
Anderson v. Baker 23 Md. 531 1865 0 Maryland
Duncan v. Johnson 23 Miss. 130 1851 0 Distribution of enslaved persons in estate Mississippi
James v. Elder 23 Miss. 134 1851 0 Whether slave traders are subject to a specific tax Mississippi
Bacon v. Gray 23 Miss. 140 1851 0 Recovery of enslaved person Mississippi
Kilcrease v. Shelby 23 Miss. 161 1851 0 Right of married woman to property after remarriage Mississippi
Bank of England v. Tarleton 23 Miss. 173 1851 0 Creditor's rights Mississippi
Kilpatrick v. Bush 23 Miss. 199 1851 0 Administrator removal of enslaved persons from the state Mississippi
Mitchell v. Otey 23 Miss. 236 1851 0 Subjecting wife's separate property to pay husband's debts Mississippi
Craig v. Phipps 23 Miss. 240 1851 0 Issue arising from warranty (?) Mississippi
Portevant v. Pendleton's Administrators 23 Miss. 25 1851 0 Recovery for hire of enslaved persons Mississippi
Selph v. Howland 23 Miss. 264 1852 0 Right of married woman to contract Mississippi
Sessions v. Bacon 23 Miss. 272 1852 0 Whether a wife can mortgage on an estate to secure husband's debts Mississippi
Boarman v. Groves 23 Miss. 280 1852 0 Binding of wife's separate property Mississippi