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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Bacon v. Tyner 26 Miss. 190 1853 0 Vestment of property Mississippi
May v. Rockett 25 Miss. 233 1852 0 Vestment of enslaved persons after death of feme covert Mississippi
Rabb v. Griffin 26 Miss. 579 1853 0 Vestment of a deceased married woman's property Mississippi
Marshall v. King 24 Miss. 85 1852 0 Vested right to property (including enslaved persons) of a deceased married woman Mississippi
Fox v. Matthews 33 Miss. 433 1857 0 Verbal sale of slaves in Louisina Mississippi
Whitfield v. Browder 13 Ark. 143 1852 0 Verbal loan of enslaved person Arkansas
Kirksey v. Stewart & Lucius 38 Ala. 692 1863 0 Verbal contract dispute Alabama
Campbell v. Rankin 28 Ark. 401 1873 0 Vendor's lien on enslaved persons Arkansas
Litchfield v. Allen 7 Ala. 779 1845 0 Vendor dispute Alabama
Borland v. Mayo 8 Ala. 104 1845 0 Vendor dispute Alabama
State v. Grissom 1993 WL 64276, at *4 (Tenn. Crim. App. Mar. 10, 1993) 1993 1 vehicular homicide Tennessee
Bank of the State v. Byrd 8 Ark. 152 1847 0 Vedict for interpleader for enslaved person Arkansas
Washington v. Wilson 2 D.C. 153 1818 0 Valuation of Slave? United States
Burch v. Stovall 27 Miss. 725 1854 0 Validity of will Mississippi
Carter v. Carter 22 Miss. 59 1850 0 Validity of the separation of a husband and wife (?) Mississippi
Ponder v. Moseley 2 Fla. 207 1848 0 Validity of the Sale of Slaves Supreme Court of FL
Wilkinson v. Cook 44 Miss. 367 1870 0 Validity of suit for promissory note given in consideration of slaves later emancipated Mississippi
Stein v. State 37 Ala. 123 1861 0 Validity of statements made in a dispute over an enslaved person Alabama
Burwell's Ex'or v. Lumsden 65 Va. 443 1874 0 Validity of settlement SC of Appeals VA
Mead v. Jones 65 Va. 347 1874 0 Validity of payment SC of Appeals VA