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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Cecil v. Rose 17 Md. 92 1861 0 Maryland
Suzett v. Buckels 8 Miss. 663 1843 0 Action against person for harboring a slave Mississippi
Worsham v. Brown 4 Ga. 284 1848 0 Bill in Equity Georgia
Caruthers v. Wilson 9 Miss. 527 1844 0 Estate dispute Mississippi
Rowley v. Cummings 9 Miss. 340 1843 0 Levy on slave dispute Mississippi
McCoy v. Rives 9 Miss. 592 1844 0 Judgement against slaves appeal Mississippi
Murphy v. Clark 9 Miss. 221 1843 0 Adminstration of estate dispute Mississippi
Porter v. Deterly 9 Miss. 163 1843 0 Levy on slave dispute Mississippi
Bingham v. Sessions 14 Miss. 13 1846 0 Personal property dispute Mississippi
Washburn v. Phillips 14 Miss. 425 1846 0 Adverse posession of slave Mississippi
McKee's Administrators v. McKee's Administrators 16 Md. 516 1861 0 Maryland
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
Jennings v. Dennis 14 Miss. 379 1846 0 Levy on slaves Mississippi
Grover v. Gaunt 14 Miss. 317 1846 0 Declaration of bond Mississippi
Carradine v. Carradine 33 Miss. 698 1857 0 Recovery of slaves Mississippi
May v. Eastin 2 Port. 414 1835 0 Action for Return of an Ensalved Person Alabama
Marble v. Whaley 33 Miss. 157 1857 0 Recovery of slaves Mississippi
Billingslea v. Young 33 Miss. 95 1857 0 Issues in separate estate of the wife including slaves Mississippi
John Henderson & Co. v. Clarke 27 Miss. 436 1854 0 Authority of administrator to sell enslaved persons in estate Mississippi