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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Melton v. Howard 8 Miss. 103 1843 0 Levy on slaves dispute Mississippi
Rowley v. Cummings 9 Miss. 340 1843 0 Levy on slave dispute Mississippi
Vanhouten v. Reily 14 Miss. 440 1846 0 Levy on slave Mississippi
Calmes v. Ford 14 Miss. 190 1846 0 Levy on slave Mississippi
McKiernan v. Massingill 14 Miss. 375 1846 0 Bill of sale dispute Mississippi
Warner v. Warner 33 Miss. 547 1857 0 Forfeiture of right to life interest in slaves belonging to wife Mississippi
Phipps v. Morton 33 Miss. 211 1857 0 Recovery of an enslaved woman Mississippi
Olive v. Walton 33 Miss. 103 1857 0 How separate estate of wife descends Mississippi
Fox v. Matthews 33 Miss. 433 1857 0 Verbal sale of slaves in Louisina Mississippi
Friley v. White 31 Miss. 442 1856 0 Husbands right to enslaved woman belonging to wife Mississippi
Sam v. State 31 Miss. 480 1856 0 Seeking new trial for enslaved man indicted for murder Mississippi
Judge of Probate v. Alexander 31 Miss. 297 1856 0 Who title of issue goes to in case of enslaved woman bequeathed via a will Mississippi
Bohannon v. Fulton 31 Miss. 348 1856 0 When can purchaser recover money from sale that was "illegal" and "void" Mississippi
Jordan v. Thomas 31 Miss. 557 1856 0 Detinue for recovery of enslaved woman Mississippi
Scott v. State 31 Miss. 473 1856 0 Indictment for the cruel or unusual punishment of enslaved man Mississippi
Funchess v. Seibe 27 Miss. 26 1854 0 Division of enslaved persons in estate Mississippi
Gully v. Hull 31 Miss. 20 1856 0 Investment of proceeds from sale of paraphernal property in purchase of enslaved women Mississippi
Hall v. Hall 27 Miss. 458 1854 0 Trover to recover value of enslaved man Mississippi
Alexander v. Beresford 27 Miss. 747 1854 0 Fraudulent sale of land bought using enslaved persons Mississippi
Burke v. Murphy 27 Miss. 167 1854 0 Fraudulent Conveyance Mississippi