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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Calmes v. Ford 14 Miss. 190 1846 0 Levy on slave Mississippi
McKiernan v. Massingill 14 Miss. 375 1846 0 Bill of sale dispute Mississippi
Warner v. Warner 33 Miss. 547 1857 0 Forfeiture of right to life interest in slaves belonging to wife Mississippi
Phipps v. Morton 33 Miss. 211 1857 0 Recovery of an enslaved woman Mississippi
Olive v. Walton 33 Miss. 103 1857 0 How separate estate of wife descends Mississippi
Fox v. Matthews 33 Miss. 433 1857 0 Verbal sale of slaves in Louisina Mississippi
Friley v. White 31 Miss. 442 1856 0 Husbands right to enslaved woman belonging to wife Mississippi
Mitchell v. Wells 37 Miss. 235 1859 0 Slave asserting freedom by nature of having lived in free state Mississippi
Pickett v. Banks 19 Miss. 445 1848 0 Marital property rights dispute Mississippi
Van Buren v. State 24 Miss. 512 1852 0 Confession of enslaved man to theft 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
Wade v. Watt 41 Miss. 248 1866 0 Execution of levy Mississippi
Minor v. Lancashire 5 Miss. 347 1840 0 Forfeiture of property dispute Mississippi
Sam v. State 33 Miss. 347 1857 0 Whether confession of arson by enslaved man to his master admissible Mississippi
Kilcrease v. Shelby 23 Miss. 161 1851 0 Right of married woman to property after remarriage Mississippi
Wells v. Treadwell 28 Miss. 717 1855 0 Right of wife to convey slaves Mississippi
John v. State 24 Miss. 569 1852 0 Proving ownership of deceased enslaved man in indictment of another enslaved man for his murder Mississippi
Windham v. Williams 27 Miss. 313 1854 0 Wrongful detention of enslaved persons from the plaintiff Mississippi
Peter v. State 1 Mor. St. Cas. 249 1872 0 Indictment against slave for murder Mississippi