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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Troup v. Hart 66 Tenn. 188 1874 0 Tennessee
Allen v. Miles 36 Miss. 640 1859 0 Accounting of separate estate of wife Mississippi
Childress v. Ford 18 Miss. 25 1848 0 Property dispute Mississippi
Aaron v. Davidson 25 Miss. 213 1852 0 Exemption of enslaved girl from a levy of execution Mississippi
Cherry v. Jarratt 25 Miss. 221 1852 0 Entitlement of executor to commissions Mississippi
Banks v. Evans 18 Miss. 35 1848 0 Levy on slaves Mississippi
Torrey v. Grant 18 Miss. 89 1848 0 Sale of property dispute Mississippi
Stewart v. Burkhalter 28 Miss. 396 1854 0 Sale of enslaved persons by copartners absent order from probate court Mississippi
Wall v. Wall 28 Miss. 409 1854 0 Whether enslaved persons are part of an estate Mississippi
Smith v. Bobb 20 Miss. 322 1849 0 Levy on slaves Mississippi
James v. Herring 20 Miss. 336 1849 0 Breach of warranty dispute Mississippi
Holmes v. Bacon 28 Miss. 607 1855 0 Surety on a mortgage for slaves Mississippi
Moody v. Harper 28 Miss. 615 1855 0 Levy of slaves Mississippi
Parker v. McNeill 20 Miss. 355 1849 0 Administrator of estate dispute Mississippi
McCreary v. Hoopes 25 Miss. 428 1853 0 Levy of execution on enslaved person Mississippi
Gowan v. Jones 18 Miss. 164 1848 0 Action of replevin to recover slaves Mississippi
Sam v. Fore 20 Miss. 413 1849 0 Right of a slave to freedom dispute Mississippi
M'Farland v. Smith 1 Miss. 172 1824 0 Action of trespass Mississippi
Birney v. State 8 Ohio 230 1837 0 Indictment for harboring slave Ohio
Richardson v. Hinton 39 N.C. 192 1845 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina