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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Ewing v. Cargill 21 Miss. 79 1849 0 Wrongful execution against grantor of trust Mississippi
Magee v. Harrington 21 Miss. 403 1850 0 Action of detinue for a slave Mississippi
Taylor v. Stone 21 Miss. 652 1850 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Trimble v. Turner 21 Miss. 348 1850 0 Indictment for selling liquor to slave Mississippi
Burney v. Boyett 2 Miss. 39 1834 0 Levy on slaves dispute Mississippi
Welch v. Jamison 2 Miss. 160 1834 0 Recovery for alleged wrongful conversion of a slave Mississippi
Berry v. Hale 2 Miss. 315 1836 0 Recovery for slave Mississippi
Wren v. Gayden 2 Miss. 365 1836 0 Estate dispute Mississippi
Cable v. Martin 2 Miss. 558 1837 0 Recovery for slaves Mississippi
Portevant v. Pendleton's Administrators 23 Miss. 25 1851 0 Recovery for hire of enslaved persons Mississippi
Perkins v. Hackleman 26 Miss. 41 1853 0 Trespass Mississippi
Noel v. Harvey 29 Miss. 72 1855 0 Purchase of slaves after probate Mississippi
Trotter v. White 26 Miss. 88 1853 0 Fraud in sale of mortgaged property Mississippi
Burnett v. Strong 26 Miss. 116 1853 0 Requirements of will Mississippi
James v. Kirk 29 Miss. 206 1855 0 Evidence in faulty sale of enslaved boy Mississippi
James v. Elder 23 Miss. 134 1851 0 Whether slave traders are subject to a specific tax Mississippi
Joslin v. Caughlin 26 Miss. 134 1853 0 Distribution of enslaved persons in estate Mississippi
Ward v. Harrington 29 Miss. 238 1855 0 Enjoinment of sale of slaves Mississippi
Laura v. State 26 Miss. 174 1853 0 Attempted murder by 3 enslaved persons Mississippi
Govan v. Binford 25 Miss. 151 1852 0 Enforcement of delivery of enslaved man Mississippi