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Case Name ▲ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Wells v. Treadwell 28 Miss. 717 1855 0 Right of wife to convey slaves Mississippi
Werner v. Kelly 9 La. Ann. 60 1854 0 Marital property, partition, defamation Louisiana
Wesley v. State 11 Hum. 502 1851 0 Tennessee
Wesley v. State 37 Miss. 327 1859 0 Trial of enslaved man for the killing of his master Mississippi
Westbrook v. Mitchell 24 Tex. 560 1859 0 Texas
Westbrook v. State 24 Tex. 563 1859 0 Texas
Western & Atlantic R. R. v. Fulton 36 Tenn. 589 1857 0 Tennessee
West's Adm'r v. Thornton 48 Va. 177 1850 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
West v. Belches 19 Va. 187 1816 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
West v. Dubberly 4 N.C. 38 1816 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
West v. Sloan 56 N.C. 102 1856 0 Trusts North Carolina
West v. Tilghman 31 N.C. 163 1848 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Whaley v. State 11 Ga. 123 1852 0 Larceny Supreme Court of Georgia
Whann v. Hufty 12 La. Ann. 280 1857 0 Property, seizure, attachments Louisiana
Wharton v. Conger 17 Miss. 510 1848 0 Levy on slaves Mississippi
Wharton v. State 45 Tenn. 1 1867 0 Tennessee
Wharton v. Thompson 17 Tenn. 45 1836 0 Tennessee
Whatley v. Slaton 36 Ga. 653 1867 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Wheatley v. Abbott 32 Miss. 343 1856 0 Whether an enslaved woman was gifted from one party to another Mississippi
Wheaton v. Weld 28 Tenn. 773 1849 0 Tennessee