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Case Name Citation ▼ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Buffalow v. Buffalow 37 N.C. 113 1840 0 Trusts North Carolina
Sellars v. Ashford 37 N.C. 104 1841 0 Estates North Carolina
Spivey v. Spivey 37 N.C. 100 1841 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Kelly v. Davis 37 Miss. 76 1859 0 Will in probate Mississippi
Cheairs v. Smith 37 Miss. 646 1859 0 Whether a provision for emancipation voids an entire will Mississippi
Kelly v. Weaver 37 Miss. 631 1859 0 Ursurious contract Mississippi
Wilson v. Horne 37 Miss. 477 1859 0 Recovery of the amount of promissory note Mississippi
Dunlap v. Hearn 37 Miss. 471 1859 0 Evidentiary issues in title to enslaved woman Mississippi
Montague v. Gaddis 37 Miss. 453 1859 0 Attachment of slaves Mississippi
Jenkins v. Gowen 37 Miss. 444 1859 0 Replevin to recover possession of enslaved woman Mississippi
Wesley v. State 37 Miss. 327 1859 0 Trial of enslaved man for the killing of his master Mississippi
George v. State 37 Miss. 316 1859 0 Rape of an enslaved woman by an enslaved man Mississippi
Alfred v. State 37 Miss. 296 1859 0 Evidence in case of murder committed enslaved man Mississippi
Simon v. State 37 Miss. 288 1859 0 Evidentiary issues in the case of a murder by a runaway Mississippi
Mitchell v. Wells 37 Miss. 235 1859 0 Slave asserting freedom by nature of having lived in free state Mississippi
Heirn v. Bridault 37 Miss. 209 1859 0 Rights of alien free negroes Mississippi
Plummer v. Plummer 37 Miss. 185 1859 0 Decree obtained by fraud in division of property Mississippi
Gibson v. Jayne 37 Miss. 164 1859 0 Recovery of slaves Mississippi
Kearney v. Sascer 37 Md. 264 1873 0 Maryland
Horne v. State 37 Ga. 80 1867 0 Indictment of slaves for murder along with several others Supreme Court of Georgia