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Case Name ▼ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Whitehead v. Ducker 19 Miss. 98 1848 0 Purchase of slaves dispute Mississippi
Whitaker v. Robinson 16 Miss. 349 1847 0 Recovery for value of slave Mississippi
W. H. Gallaspy's Sons Co. v. Massey 99 Miss. 208 1911 1 Mississippi
Wheelock v. Cozzens 7 Miss. 279 1842 0 Wrongful witholdment of possession of slave Mississippi
Wheeless v. Williams 62 Miss. 369 1884 1 Mississippi
Wheeler v. Slavens 21 Miss. 623 1850 1 Mississippi
Wheat v. Lacals 139 Miss. 300 1925 1 Mississippi
Wheatley v. Abbott 32 Miss. 343 1856 0 Whether an enslaved woman was gifted from one party to another Mississippi
Whatley v. Thomas 2 Miss. Dec. 590 1882 1 Mississippi
Wharton v. State 41 Miss. 680 1868 1 Mississippi
Wharton v. State 2 Mor. St. Cas. 1527 1872 1 Mississippi
Wharton v. Conger 17 Miss. 510 1848 0 Levy on slaves Mississippi
Wetherbee v. Roots 72 Miss. 355 1894 1 Mississippi
West v. McClure 85 Miss. 296 1904 1 Mississippi
West v. Gibbs 42 Miss. 168 1868 0 Administration of an estate Mississippi
West Point Corp. v. New North Mississippi Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n 506 So. 2d 241 1986 1 Mississippi
Weston v. Merchants' Bank & Trust Co. 173 Miss. 34 1935 1 Mississippi
Westmoreland v. Wooten 51 Miss. 825 1876 1 Mississippi
Westmoreland v. Walker 25 Miss. 76 1852 0 Fraudulent sale of enslaved person Mississippi
Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Sullivan 70 Miss. 447 1892 1 Mississippi