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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Work v. Harper 24 Miss. 517 1852 0 Notice to creditor regarding mortgage Mississippi
Presley v. Rodgers 24 Miss. 520 1852 0 Conveyance of enslaved persons on whom there is a levy Mississippi
Worten v. Howard 10 Miss. 527 1844 0 Action to recover a slave Mississippi
Dillard v. Wright 19 Miss. 455 1848 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Hubert v. McGahey 1 Miss. 246 1826 0 Levy on slave Mississippi
Connell v. Lewis 1 Miss. 251 1827 0 Levy on slaves Mississippi
Arnett v. Bitsel 1 Miss. 496 1832 0 Probate dispute Mississippi
Ford v. Ford 1 Miss. 505 1832 0 Property dispute Mississippi
Anthony v. State 1 Mor. St. Cas. 467 1872 0 Action for assault committed by a slave Mississippi
State v. Borroum 1 Mor. St. Cas. 638 1872 0 Answering a charge of buying and selling slaves without authority Mississippi
Smith v. McWaters 7 La. Ann. 145 1852 0 Petitory action, sales, prescription Louisiana
Guier v. Guier 7 La. Ann. 103 1852 0 Sales, successions, property, usufruct Louisiana
Stephenson v. Lee 6 La. Ann. 758 1851 0 Mortgages, sales, possessory action Louisiana
Johnson v. Weld 8 La. Ann. 126 1853 0 Red judicata, property, donations Louisiana
Reed v. Crocker 12 La. Ann. 436 1857 0 Wills, property, forced heirs Louisiana
State v. Kitty 12 La. Ann. 805 1857 0 False confessions, murder, criminal law Louisiana
Tom v. Ernest 15 La. Ann. 44 1860 0 Property, Successions, Louisiana
Cooke v. Thornhill 16 Tex. 177 1856 0 Recovery of slaves Texas
Murphy v. Ray 73 N.C. 588 1875 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Bynum v. Hill 71 N.C. 319 1874 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina