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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Turner v. Ellis 24 Miss. 173 1852 0 Distribution of estate Mississippi
Shotwell v. Webb 23 Miss. 375 1852 0 Agreement for purchase of enslaved persons (two separate families) Mississippi
Ratcliffe v. Dougherty 24 Miss. 181 1852 0 Gift of enslaved person from husband to wife Mississippi
Green v. State 23 Miss. 509 1852 0 Trial of an enslaved boy for alleged assault of a white woman **** Mississippi
Ike v. State 23 Miss. 525 1852 0 Indictment of enslaved man for assault and battery Mississippi
Lindsey v. Platner 23 Miss. 576 1852 0 Hire of enslaved persons from sheriff's sale Mississippi
Buckingham v. Levi 23 Miss. 590 1852 0 Recovery of enslaved persons by way of a writ of habeas corpus Mississippi
Steppacher v. Reneau 25 Miss. 114 1852 0 Recovery for breach of covenant Mississippi
Franklin v. Franklin 32 Tenn. 521 1852 1 Tennessee
May v. Rockett 25 Miss. 233 1852 0 Vestment of enslaved persons after death of feme covert Mississippi
Smith v. McWaters 7 La. Ann. 145 1852 0 Petitory action, sales, prescription Louisiana
Delamour v. Roger 7 La. Ann. 152 1852 0 Partnerships, contracts, property Louisiana
Union Bank v. Dosson 7 La. Ann. 548 1852 0 Judicial seizure, property, mortgages, privileges, prescription Louisiana
Vasser v. Vasser 23 Miss. 378 1852 0 Deed Mississippi
White v. Graves 24 Miss. 166 1852 0 Replevin Mississippi
Metcalf v. Cook 2 R.I. 355 1852 1 Rhode Island
Roach's Executors v. Bennett 24 Miss. 98 1852 0 Use of wife's funds by husband for purchase of plantation and enslaved persons Mississippi
King v. Baker 7 La. Ann. 570 1852 0 Sheriff seizure, property, obligations, suretyship, judicial bond Louisiana
Frowner v. Johnson 20 Ala. 477 1852 1 Alabama
John v. State 24 Miss. 569 1852 0 Proving ownership of deceased enslaved man in indictment of another enslaved man for his murder Mississippi