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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Berry v. Alsop 45 Miss. 1 1871 0 Whether emancipated slaves were competent to be parties to an estate settlement Mississippi
Oliver v. State 39 Miss. 526 1860 0 Evidentiary issues in the testimony in a trial of a white man who killed enslaved man Mississippi
Sale v. Saunders 24 Miss. 24 1852 0 Right to possession of enslaved person Mississippi
Hull v. Clark 22 Miss. 187 1850 0 Recovery of enslaved persons Mississippi
Jesse v. State 28 Miss. 100 1854 0 Indictment of enslaved man for burning of property Mississippi
Vertner v. Humphreys 22 Miss. 130 1850 0 Fraudulent conveyance Mississippi
Sam v. State 31 Miss. 480 1856 0 Seeking new trial for enslaved man indicted for murder Mississippi
Plummer v. Plummer 37 Miss. 185 1859 0 Decree obtained by fraud in division of property Mississippi
Harder v. Archer 28 Miss. 212 1854 0 Posession of enslaved persons in estate. Mississippi
Steppacher v. Reneau 25 Miss. 114 1852 0 Recovery for breach of covenant Mississippi
Cogan v. Frisby 36 Miss. 178 1858 0 Evidence regarding sale of enslaved woman Mississippi
Ike v. State 23 Miss. 525 1852 0 Indictment of enslaved man for assault and battery Mississippi
Green v. State 23 Miss. 509 1852 0 Trial of an enslaved boy for alleged assault of a white woman **** Mississippi
Garner & Neville v. Lyles & Bracy 35 Miss. 176 1858 0 Fraudulent coveyance of slaves Mississippi
Lusk v. Swayze 35 Miss. 155 1858 0 Reversion of enslaved man distributed to a widow to the distributees Mississippi
Shelton v. Baldwin 26 Miss. 439 1853 0 Right to proceeds from the sale of a runaway Mississippi
Shotwell v. Webb 23 Miss. 375 1852 0 Agreement for purchase of enslaved persons (two separate families) Mississippi
Parr v. Gibbons ex rel. Gibbons 23 Miss. 92 1851 0 Ownership of enslaved person given to married woman prior to her death Mississippi
Byrd v. State 2 Miss. 247 1835 0 Indictment against slave Mississippi
Cothran v. State 2 Mor. St. Cas. 1382 1872 0 Perjury of a witness in a case involving a broken contract Mississippi