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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Woods v. Sturdevant 38 Miss. 68 1859 0 Gift of enslaved man from a parent to a child. Mississippi
Trotter v. Dobbs 38 Miss. 198 1859 0 Whether a party to a case is a "free white person" Mississippi
Montague v. Gaddis 37 Miss. 453 1859 0 Attachment of slaves Mississippi
Gorin v. Gordon 38 Miss. 205 1859 0 Recovery of slaves distributed in a marriage settlement Mississippi
McGuire v. State 37 Miss. 369 1859 1 Mississippi
Hogan v. Burnett 37 Miss. 617 1859 1 Mississippi
Jenkins v. Gowen 37 Miss. 444 1859 0 Replevin to recover possession of enslaved woman Mississippi
Pearson v. McMillan 37 Miss. 588 1859 1 Mississippi
Magee v. Magee 37 Miss. 138 1859 1 Mississippi
Boyd v. Swing 38 Miss. 182 1859 1 Mississippi
Thomas v. State 37 Miss. 353 1859 1 Mississippi
Nichols v. Denny 37 Miss. 59 1859 1 Mississippi
Cheairs v. Smith 37 Miss. 646 1859 0 Whether a provision for emancipation voids an entire will Mississippi
Allen v. Miles 36 Miss. 640 1859 0 Accounting of separate estate of wife Mississippi
Emanuel v. State 36 Miss. 627 1859 0 Entitlement of enslaved men to habeaus corpus after felony conviction Mississippi
Kelly v. Davis 37 Miss. 76 1859 0 Will in probate Mississippi
Watson v. State 36 Miss. 593 1859 0 Larceny of slaves by white man Mississippi
Cook v. Toumbs 36 Miss. 685 1859 1 Mississippi
Hughes v. Wilkinson's Lessee 37 Miss. 482 1859 1 Mississippi
Alfred v. State 37 Miss. 296 1859 0 Evidence in case of murder committed enslaved man Mississippi