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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Herrod v. Davis 43 Miss. 102 1870 0 Contract for the hiring of a former slave and the status of said hire in context of emancipation Mississippi
McMillan v. Causey 43 Miss. 227 1870 0 Defective sale of a slave who was later emancipated Mississippi
Jagers v. Griffin 43 Miss. 134 1870 0 Contract recision Mississippi
Mayfield v. Barnard 43 Miss. 270 1870 0 Who bears the burden of the cost of an emancipated slave in a contract Mississippi
Pitts v. State 43 Miss. 472 1871 0 Admissibility of an extra-judicial confession Mississippi
Coffin v. Bramlitt 42 Miss. 194 1868 0 Annual account of guardian for managed estate, including slaves Mississippi
Texada v. Camp 1 Miss. 150 1824 0 Warranty dispute Mississippi
Shaw v. Brown 42 Miss. 309 1868 0 Proving emancipation of enslaved people carried out of state by emancipation Mississippi
Kelly v. Miller 39 Miss. 17 1860 0 Insanity and evidence of such in determining validity of a will Mississippi
Tucker v. Stites 39 Miss. 196 1860 0 Interpretation of a will Mississippi
Hancock v. Titus & Co. 39 Miss. 224 1860 0 Construction of will Mississippi
Munford v. State 39 Miss. 558 1860 0 Double jeopardy in enslaved man's muder of a white man Mississippi
Lamar v. Williams 39 Miss. 342 1860 0 Action of trespass by owner of a slave for the whipping of the slave by another Mississippi
Jeff v. State 39 Miss. 593 1860 0 Assault and battery committed by enslaved man on his master. Mississippi
Oliver v. State 39 Miss. 526 1860 0 Evidentiary issues in the testimony in a trial of a white man who killed enslaved man Mississippi
Capers v. McCaa 41 Miss. 479 1867 0 Conversion of property gained through the sale of slaves Mississippi
Barker v. Justice 41 Miss. 240 1866 0 Sale of a slave without certificate of condition Mississippi
Ware v. Houghton 41 Miss. 370 1867 0 Void of sale of slaves Mississippi
Garnett v. Kirkman 41 Miss. 94 1866 0 Trial regarding last will and testament providing for sale of slaves Mississippi
Vasser v. Henderson 40 Miss. 519 1866 0 Creditor collection on debts owed for purchase of slaves Mississippi