Citing Slavery Project

Case Name	Citation	Year	Law Type	Jurisdiction
Friley v. White	31 Miss. 442	1856	Husbands right to enslaved woman belonging to wife	Mississippi
Marlow v. Johnson	31 Miss. 128	1856	Equity of redemption in deed of trust	Mississippi
Sam v. State	31 Miss. 480	1856	Seeking new trial for enslaved man indicted for murder	Mississippi
Greenwade v. Mills	31 Miss. 464	1856	Prosecution for theft of a slave	Mississippi
Work v. Harper	31 Miss. 107	1856	Enforcement of judgment through execution levied on slave	Mississippi
Judge of Probate v. Alexander	31 Miss. 297	1856	Who title of issue goes to in case of enslaved woman bequeathed via a will	Mississippi
Henderson v. Winchester	31 Miss. 290	1856	Execution levied on slaves	Mississippi
Cabaniss v. Clark	31 Miss. 423	1856	Property of slave in co-ownership/partnership	Mississippi
Soggins v. Heard	31 Miss. 426	1856	Statute of frauds in relation to trust executed on slaves	Mississippi
Lee v. Bennett	31 Miss. 119	1856	Probate of a will involving slaves	Mississippi
Bohannon v. Fulton	31 Miss. 348	1856	When can purchaser recover money from sale that was "illegal" and "void"	Mississippi
Jordan v. Thomas	31 Miss. 557	1856	Detinue for recovery of enslaved woman	Mississippi
Stokes v. Winslow	31 Miss. 518	1856	Action on bill of exchange payable to bearer	Mississippi
Garland v. Stewart	31 Miss. 314	1856	Who is responsible for purchase price of enslaved woman who was "unsound"	Mississippi
Van Vacter v. M'Willie	31 Miss. 563	1856	Right to posession of trust estate	Mississippi
Scott v. State	31 Miss. 473	1856	Indictment for the cruel or unusual punishment of enslaved man	Mississippi
Clark v. Hull	31 Miss. 520	1856	Recovery of slaves	Mississippi
Parker v. Stovall	31 Miss. 446	1856	Recovery of slave levied upon	Mississippi
Funchess v. Seibe	27 Miss. 26	1854	Division of enslaved persons in estate	Mississippi
Melvin v. Lyons	18 Miss. 78	1848	Recovery of slaves	Mississippi