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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Stokes v. Winslow 31 Miss. 518 1856 0 Action on bill of exchange payable to bearer Mississippi
Garland v. Stewart 31 Miss. 314 1856 0 Who is responsible for purchase price of enslaved woman who was "unsound" Mississippi
Sale v. Saunders 24 Miss. 24 1852 0 Right to possession of enslaved person Mississippi
Gully v. Hull 31 Miss. 20 1856 0 Investment of proceeds from sale of paraphernal property in purchase of enslaved women Mississippi
Binns v. Stokes 27 Miss. 239 1854 0 Libel and slander **** Mississippi
Bankston v. Bankston 27 Miss. 692 1854 0 Increase in alimony based on the purchase of enslaved persons Mississippi
Tinnin v. Price 27 Miss. 619 1854 0 Distribution of estate Mississippi
Alexander v. Beresford 27 Miss. 747 1854 0 Fraudulent sale of land bought using enslaved persons Mississippi
Doe ex dem. Foute v. McDonald 27 Miss. 610 1854 0 Interest in enslaved persons Mississippi
Brown v. Bacon 27 Miss. 589 1854 0 Levy on enslaved persons Mississippi
Butler v. Spann 27 Miss. 234 1854 0 Entitlement to possession of enslaved persons Mississippi
Hairston v. Hairston 27 Miss. 704 1854 0 Whether wife is entitled to the distribution of husbands property, including enslaved persons Mississippi
Johnston v. Dick 27 Miss. 277 1854 0 Fraudulent conveyance Mississippi
Cantzon's Lessee v. Dorr 27 Miss. 245 1854 0 Recovery of enslaved persons Mississippi
Porter v. Duglass 27 Miss. 379 1854 0 Disposal of property in bankruptcy Mississippi
Henderson v. Warmack 27 Miss. 830 1854 0 Ownership of enslaved person Mississippi
Rabb v. McKinnie 27 Miss. 98 1854 0 Division of estate Mississippi
House v. Fultz 21 Miss. 39 1849 0 Action of replevin Mississippi
Johnson v. White 21 Miss. 584 1850 0 Sale of slave dispute Mississippi
Funchess v. Seibe 26 Miss. 634 1854 0 Division of estate Mississippi