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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Bingham v. Crenshaw 34 Ala. 683 1859 0 Will & trust Alabama
Miller v. Garrett 35 Ala. 96 1859 0 Recovery for enslaved person Alabama
Fleming v. Gilmer 35 Ala. 62 1859 0 Will & trust Alabama
Parnell v. Comm'rs' Court of Dallas Co. 34 Ala. 278 1859 0 Recovery for wages Alabama
Glawson v. Wiley 35 Ala. 328 1859 0 Action for breach of warranty Alabama
Andrews v. Keith 34 Ala. 722 1859 0 Levy on enslaved persons Alabama
Walker's Heirs v. Murphy 34 Ala. 591 1859 0 Estate dispute Alabama
McCollum v. McCollum's Executor 33 Ala. 711 1859 0 Will & trust Alabama
Haralson v. White 38 Miss. 178 1859 0 Voucher for payment of judgement Mississippi
Kelly v. Davis 37 Miss. 76 1859 0 Will in probate Mississippi
Alfred v. State 37 Miss. 296 1859 0 Evidence in case of murder committed enslaved man Mississippi
Woods v. Sturdevant 38 Miss. 68 1859 0 Gift of enslaved man from a parent to a child. Mississippi
Heirn v. Bridault 37 Miss. 209 1859 0 Rights of alien free negroes Mississippi
Simon v. State 37 Miss. 288 1859 0 Evidentiary issues in the case of a murder by a runaway Mississippi
Minor v. State 36 Miss. 630 1859 0 Whether enslaved man is entitled to a writ of error in non-capital cases Mississippi
Gibson v. Jayne 37 Miss. 164 1859 0 Recovery of slaves Mississippi
Watson v. State 36 Miss. 593 1859 0 Larceny of slaves by white man Mississippi
Emanuel v. State 36 Miss. 627 1859 0 Entitlement of enslaved men to habeaus corpus after felony conviction Mississippi
Allen v. Miles 36 Miss. 640 1859 0 Accounting of separate estate of wife Mississippi
Jenkins v. Gowen 37 Miss. 444 1859 0 Replevin to recover possession of enslaved woman Mississippi