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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
McDuff v. Beauchamp 50 Miss. 531 1874 0 Whether property is estate in entirety Mississippi
Wash v. State 22 Miss. 120 1850 0 Whether proof that an enslaved man was owned by a person was enough to uphold capital conviction Mississippi
Curll v. Compton 22 Miss. 56 1850 0 Whether married woman can pass right of ownership of enslaved persons Mississippi
Hackney v. Vrooman 62 Barb. 650 1862 0 Whether gift of a slave is valid SC of New York
Ragan v. Gray 27 Miss. 645 1854 0 Whether equity was attached on promissory note for purchase of plantation and enslaved persons Mississippi
Wall v. Wall 28 Miss. 409 1854 0 Whether enslaved persons are part of an estate Mississippi
Minor v. State 36 Miss. 630 1859 0 Whether enslaved man is entitled to a writ of error in non-capital cases Mississippi
Berry v. Alsop 45 Miss. 1 1871 0 Whether emancipated slaves were competent to be parties to an estate settlement Mississippi
Mathews v. Springer 16 F. Cas. 1096 1871 0 Whether emancipated slaves could accept benefits left to them in a will United States
Hill v. McLaurin 28 Miss. 288 1854 0 Whether contract for sale of enslaved persons and property was valid Mississippi
Sam v. State 33 Miss. 347 1857 0 Whether confession of arson by enslaved man to his master admissible Mississippi
Sessions v. Bacon 23 Miss. 272 1852 0 Whether a wife can mortgage on an estate to secure husband's debts Mississippi
Wright v. Fisher 2 Del. Cas. 322 1817 0 Whether a receipt can prove a person owns an enslaved person; No Delaware
Cheairs v. Smith 37 Miss. 646 1859 0 Whether a provision for emancipation voids an entire will Mississippi
Dulany v. Green 4 Del. 285 1845 0 Whether a previous owner freed enslaved individuals upon death or not Delaware
State v. Tilghman 5 Del. 495 1854 0 Whether a person was enslaved or not Delaware
Trotter v. Dobbs 38 Miss. 198 1859 0 Whether a party to a case is a "free white person" Mississippi
McIlvoy v. Alsop 45 Miss. 365 1871 0 Whether a note held by a Kentucky resident for land in Mississippi is collectible in Miss. Mississippi
Wheatley v. Abbott 32 Miss. 343 1856 0 Whether an enslaved woman was gifted from one party to another Mississippi
Watson v. Blackwood 50 Miss. 15 1874 0 Whether an enslaved man given as a gift should be factored in to sale of estate Mississippi