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Case Name Citation ▲ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Downey v. Barnett 27 Miss. 409 1854 0 Contract for sale of enslaved persons to be sold to execute deed Mississippi
John Henderson & Co. v. Clarke 27 Miss. 436 1854 0 Authority of administrator to sell enslaved persons in estate Mississippi
Sevier v. McWhorter 27 Miss. 442 1854 0 Assignment Mississippi
Hall v. Hall 27 Miss. 458 1854 0 Trover to recover value of enslaved man Mississippi
Barringer v. Boyd 27 Miss. 473 1854 0 Judgment against slaveholder Mississippi
Grayson v. Wilson 27 Miss. 553 1854 0 Administration of estate Mississippi
Brown v. Bacon 27 Miss. 589 1854 0 Levy on enslaved persons Mississippi
Doe ex dem. Foute v. McDonald 27 Miss. 610 1854 0 Interest in enslaved persons Mississippi
Tinnin v. Price 27 Miss. 619 1854 0 Distribution of estate Mississippi
Lawson v. Shotwell 27 Miss. 630 1854 0 Entitlement to alimony after divorce Mississippi
Ragan v. Gray 27 Miss. 645 1854 0 Whether equity was attached on promissory note for purchase of plantation and enslaved persons Mississippi
Dozier v. Lewis 27 Miss. 679 1854 0 Lien on enslaved persons Mississippi
Bankston v. Bankston 27 Miss. 692 1854 0 Increase in alimony based on the purchase of enslaved persons Mississippi
Vaugh v. Cox 27 Miss. 701 1854 0 Injunction preventing the removal of enslaved persons from the state Mississippi
Hairston v. Hairston 27 Miss. 704 1854 0 Whether wife is entitled to the distribution of husbands property, including enslaved persons Mississippi
Burch v. Stovall 27 Miss. 725 1854 0 Validity of will Mississippi
Raby v. Batiste 27 Miss. 731 1854 0 Whether there was authority to convey property to the son of an enslaved man (?) Mississippi
Alexander v. Beresford 27 Miss. 747 1854 0 Fraudulent sale of land bought using enslaved persons Mississippi
Cole v. Leake 27 Miss. 767 1854 0 Distribution of profits from sale of enslaved person Mississippi
Nabors v. McKay 27 Miss. 799 1854 0 Sale of enslaved persons in estate Mississippi