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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Dunklin v. Wilkins 5 Ala. 199 1843 0 Action of detinue to recover enslaved persons Alabama
Adams v. Broughton 13 Ala. 731 1848 0 Life estate in Enslaved Personsdispute Alabama
Pearson v. Darrington 21 Ala. 169 1852 0 Estate dispute Alabama
Bates v. Murphy 2 Stew. & P. 165 1832 0 Mortgage dispute Alabama
Richardson v. Miller 48 Miss. 311 1873 0 Execution of deed in trust Mississippi
Ricks v. Hilliard 45 Miss. 359 1871 0 Recovery of enslaved woman distributed to an heir Mississippi
McWhorter v. Donald 39 Miss. 779 1861 0 Probation of an estate Mississippi
Minor v. Lancashire 5 Miss. 347 1840 0 Forfeiture of property dispute Mississippi
Houston v. Royston 9 Miss. 238 1843 0 Action to secure payment for slave Mississippi
Sam v. State 33 Miss. 347 1857 0 Whether confession of arson by enslaved man to his master admissible Mississippi
Copley v. Sanford 2 La. Ann. 335 1847 0 Successions, privileges, property, sales, conflict of laws Louisiana
Andrus v. Chretien 3 La. 48 1831 0 Sales, debts, suretyship, community property, mortgages, recission, redhibition, successions, seizure, debts, parol evidence Louisiana
Benoit v. Benoit's Heirs 3 La. 223 1832 0 Successions, fraud, simulation, sales, consideration, property Louisiana
McLauren v. Graham 26 Miss. 400 1853 0 Attempt to enforce an illegal contract Mississippi
Wallace v. Seales 36 Miss. 53 1858 0 Responsibility of the hirer of a slave for sickness and death of a slave Mississippi
Stanton v. Green 34 Miss. 576 1857 0 Fraudulent conveyance of property including slaves Mississippi
Hopkins v. Lacouture 4 La. 64 1832 0 Sales, recordation, debts, property, mortgages Louisiana
Steele v. Shirley 17 Miss. 382 1848 0 Petition for property including slaves Mississippi
Brown v. Forbes 16 Miss. 498 1847 0 Trover for conversion of slave Mississippi
State v. Williams 47 N.C. 194 1855 0 Indictment for larceny and trading w/ slaves North Carolina