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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Wailes v. Cooper 24 Miss. 208 1852 0 Defect in title Mississippi
Wall v. Wall 30 Miss. 91 1855 0 Mississippi
Peter v. State 4 Miss. 433 1839 0 Mississippi
Isham v. State 7 Miss. 35 1841 0 Slave acted as witness Mississippi
Ricks v. Hilliard 45 Miss. 359 1871 0 Recovery of enslaved woman distributed to an heir Mississippi
McWhorter v. Donald 39 Miss. 779 1861 0 Probation of an estate Mississippi
Houston v. Royston 9 Miss. 238 1843 0 Action to secure payment for slave Mississippi
Work v. Glaskins 33 Miss. 539 1857 0 Right of wife to enforce promissory note due to her for sale of slaves Mississippi
Lewis & Nichols v. Gilmer 11 Miss. 560 1844 0 Adverse posession of a slave Mississippi
Whitfield v. Whitfield 44 Miss. 254 1870 0 Detinue suit for personal property, including slaves Mississippi
Wallace v. Seales 36 Miss. 53 1858 0 Responsibility of the hirer of a slave for sickness and death of a slave Mississippi
Talbott v. Norager 23 Miss. 572 1852 0 Evidence regarding whether the plaintiff was a black man Mississippi
Stanton v. Green 34 Miss. 576 1857 0 Fraudulent conveyance of property including slaves Mississippi
Wells v. Treadwell 28 Miss. 717 1855 0 Right of wife to convey slaves Mississippi
Pearson v. Moreland 15 Miss. 609 1846 0 Recovery of debt dispute Mississippi
Haralson v. White 38 Miss. 178 1859 0 Voucher for payment of judgement Mississippi
Still v. Corp. of Woodville 38 Miss. 646 1860 0 Jurisdictional issues regarding domicile Mississippi
White v. Trotter 22 Miss. 30 1850 0 Enforcement on mortgage lien on enslaved persons Mississippi
State v. McGraw 1 Miss. 208 1825 0 Indictment for stealing slave Mississippi
Butler v. Spann 27 Miss. 234 1854 0 Entitlement to possession of enslaved persons Mississippi