Citing Slavery Project

Case Name	Citation	Year	Law Type	Jurisdiction
Read v. Manning	30 Miss. 308	1855	Emancipation of slaves via will, in contravention of state laws	Mississippi
Sam v. State	33 Miss. 347	1857	Whether confession of arson by enslaved man to his master admissible	Mississippi
Green v. Robinson	6 Miss. 80	1840	Contracting dispute	Mississippi
Kilcrease v. Shelby	23 Miss. 161	1851	Right of married woman to property after remarriage	Mississippi
Wallace v. Seales	36 Miss. 53	1858	Responsibility of the hirer of a slave for sickness and death of a slave	Mississippi
Talbott v. Norager	23 Miss. 572	1852	Evidence regarding whether the plaintiff was a black man	Mississippi
Brown v. Forbes	16 Miss. 498	1847	Trover for conversion of slave	Mississippi
Pearson v. Moreland	15 Miss. 609	1846	Recovery of debt dispute	Mississippi
Kidd v. Manley	28 Miss. 156	1854	Title to enslaved persons	Mississippi
Mangum v. Finucane	38 Miss. 354	1860	Replevin to recover slaves	Mississippi
Andrews v. Jones	32 Miss. 274	1856	Disposition of wife's separate estate	Mississippi
Snodgrass v. Andrews	30 Miss. 472	1855	Fraudulent sale of plantation and slaves	Mississippi
State v. McGraw	1 Miss. 208	1825	Indictment for stealing slave	Mississippi
Windham v. Williams	27 Miss. 313	1854	Wrongful detention of enslaved persons from the plaintiff	Mississippi
Bogard v. Gardley	12 Miss. 302	1845	Deed of slae dispute	Mississippi
Petrie’s Executors v. Wright	14 Miss. 647	1846	Mortgage dispute	Mississippi
Ellis v. McBride	27 Miss. 155	1854	Division of fraudulently conveyed property	Mississippi
Vasser v. Vasser	23 Miss. 378	1852	Deed	Mississippi
Lewis & Nichols v. Gilmer	11 Miss. 560	1844	Adverse posession of a slave	Mississippi
Edwards v. Williams	3 Miss. 846	1838	Recovery for slave	Mississippi