Citing Slavery Project

Case Name	Citation	Year	Law Type	Jurisdiction
Doe ex dem. Shelton v. Hamilton	23 Miss. 496	1852	Disposition of enslaved persons under levy	Mississippi
Grinstead v. Foute	26 Miss. 476	1853	Action founded on writing promising to hire and care for enslaved persons	Mississippi
Hill v. Hardy	34 Miss. 289	1857	Jurisdiction of probate court	Mississippi
Brown v. Kidd	34 Miss. 291	1857	Satisfaction of execution of levy of personal estate	Mississippi
Van Winkle v. Smith	26 Miss. 491	1853	Fraudulent possession of enslaved persons	Mississippi
Lockhart v. Luker	36 Miss. 68	1858	Adverse possession of slave by defendant	Mississippi
Hamilton v. State	35 Miss. 214	1858	Trial for larceny of an enslaved man	Mississippi
Grist v. Forehand	36 Miss. 69	1858	Power of guardian over the property of his ward	Mississippi
Bridges v. Maxwell	34 Miss. 309	1857	Slaves removed from property by administrators	Mississippi
Beck v. Beck	36 Miss. 72	1858	Bill filed for effecting the division of slaves in a will	Mississippi
Magee v. Keegan	35 Miss. 244	1858	Right to recovery of slaves from ward	Mississippi
Harvey v. Edington	25 Miss. 22	1852	Recovery of wife's title to enslaved person	Mississippi
Hardy v. Thomas	23 Miss. 544	1852	Trover	Mississippi
Crowder v. Shackelford	35 Miss. 321	1858	Division of slaves as property	Mississippi
Varner v. Gregg	26 Miss. 590	1853	Legal title to enslaved person	Mississippi
Felder v. Wall	26 Miss. 595	1853	Account to be taken by copartners in business venture	Mississippi
Archer v. Jones	26 Miss. 583	1853	Account for hire of enslaved persons	Mississippi
Young v. Young	25 Miss. 38	1852	Possession of enslaved person	Mississippi
Phillips v. McLaughlin	26 Miss. 592	1853	Adverse possession	Mississippi
Smith v. Henry	35 Miss. 369	1858	Conveyance of slaves	Mississippi