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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Gaillard v. Anceline 10 Mart. (o.s.) 479 1822 0 Evidence, declarations, capacity, freedom suit Louisiana
Wood v. Lewis 1 Mart. (n.s.) 594 1823 0 Evidence, default judgment, record Louisiana
Dancey v. Sugg 46 Miss. 606 1872 0 Evidence in a case regarding sale of enslaved woman Mississippi
Alfred v. State 37 Miss. 296 1859 0 Evidence in case of murder committed enslaved man Mississippi
Davis v. Rhodes 39 Miss. 152 1860 0 Evidence in case regarding execution of trust Mississippi
James v. Kirk 29 Miss. 206 1855 0 Evidence in faulty sale of enslaved boy Mississippi
Wiggins v. State 513 So. 2d 73 1987 1 evidence in fraud Alabama
Tinnin v. Price 31 Miss. 422 1856 0 Evidence in recovery of slaves Mississippi
Aakjer v. Spagnoli 291 S.C. 165 1987 1 evidence, negligence South Carolina
Brown v. State 51 Ga. 502 1874 0 evidence newly discovered Supreme Court of Georgia
Herndon v. Henderson 41 Miss. 584 1868 0 Evidence of a contract for the sale of a slave Mississippi
Westmoreland v. State 45 Ga. 225 1872 0 evidence of criminal insanity Georgia
Bailey v. Barnelly 23 Ga. 582 1857 0 Evidence received from slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Cogan v. Frisby 36 Miss. 178 1858 0 Evidence regarding sale of enslaved woman Mississippi
Talbott v. Norager 23 Miss. 572 1852 0 Evidence regarding whether the plaintiff was a black man Mississippi
Thompson v. Munson 43 Miss. 176 1870 0 Evidence shown proving that a black person was not a slave Mississippi
Frank v. State 39 Miss. 705 1861 0 Evidentiary issues, including validity of confession, in a B&E committed by enslaved man Mississippi
Treadwell v. Herndon 41 Miss. 38 1866 0 Evidentiary issues in settlement of will Mississippi
Simon v. State 37 Miss. 288 1859 0 Evidentiary issues in the case of a murder by a runaway Mississippi
Josephine v. State 39 Miss. 613 1861 0 Evidentiary issues in the murder of a slaveowner's daughter by enslaved woman, and attempted poisoning of the rest of the family Mississippi