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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Carter v. Carter 28 Miss. 326 1854 0 Bond on enslaved persons in estate (?) Mississippi
Binns v. Stokes 27 Miss. 239 1854 0 Libel and slander **** Mississippi
Pugh v. Holt 27 Miss. 461 1854 1 Mississippi
Bankston v. Bankston 27 Miss. 692 1854 0 Increase in alimony based on the purchase of enslaved persons Mississippi
Sevier v. McWhorter 27 Miss. 442 1854 0 Assignment Mississippi
Hall v. Hall 27 Miss. 458 1854 0 Trover to recover value of enslaved man Mississippi
Burch v. Stovall 27 Miss. 725 1854 0 Validity of will Mississippi
Tinnin v. Price 27 Miss. 619 1854 0 Distribution of estate Mississippi
Miller v. Northern Bank 28 Miss. 81 1854 1 Mississippi
Alexander v. Beresford 27 Miss. 747 1854 0 Fraudulent sale of land bought using enslaved persons Mississippi
Turner v. Morris 27 Miss. 733 1854 1 Mississippi
Burke v. Murphy 27 Miss. 167 1854 0 Fraudulent Conveyance Mississippi
Shirley v. Shattuck 28 Miss. 13 1854 0 Transfer of enslaved persons as trust property Mississippi
Doe ex dem. Foute v. McDonald 27 Miss. 610 1854 0 Interest in enslaved persons Mississippi
Jesse v. State 28 Miss. 100 1854 0 Indictment of enslaved man for burning of property Mississippi
Canterberry v. Jordan 27 Miss. 96 1854 1 Mississippi
Johnson v. Tuggle 27 Miss. 836 1854 1 Mississippi
Brown v. Bacon 27 Miss. 589 1854 0 Levy on enslaved persons Mississippi
Roberts v. Rogers 28 Miss. 152 1854 1 Mississippi
Kidd v. Manley 28 Miss. 156 1854 0 Title to enslaved persons Mississippi