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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Houston v. Royston 9 Miss. 238 1843 0 Action to secure payment for slave Mississippi
Work v. Glaskins 33 Miss. 539 1857 0 Right of wife to enforce promissory note due to her for sale of slaves Mississippi
Sam v. State 33 Miss. 347 1857 0 Whether confession of arson by enslaved man to his master admissible Mississippi
Copley v. Sanford 2 La. Ann. 335 1847 0 Successions, privileges, property, sales, conflict of laws Louisiana
Denton v. Willcox 2 La. Ann. 60 1847 0 Mortgages, Partnerships, sales, promissory notes, property Louisiana
Grayson v. Wilson 27 Miss. 553 1854 0 Administration of estate Mississippi
Beirne v. Mower 21 Miss. 427 1850 0 Levy on slave dispute Mississippi
Andrus v. Chretien 3 La. 48 1831 0 Sales, debts, suretyship, community property, mortgages, recission, redhibition, successions, seizure, debts, parol evidence Louisiana
Benoit v. Benoit's Heirs 3 La. 223 1832 0 Successions, fraud, simulation, sales, consideration, property Louisiana
Kilcrease v. Shelby 23 Miss. 161 1851 0 Right of married woman to property after remarriage Mississippi
McLauren v. Graham 26 Miss. 400 1853 0 Attempt to enforce an illegal contract Mississippi
Wallace v. Seales 36 Miss. 53 1858 0 Responsibility of the hirer of a slave for sickness and death of a slave Mississippi
Talbott v. Norager 23 Miss. 572 1852 0 Evidence regarding whether the plaintiff was a black man Mississippi
Turner's Admrs. v. Herron 34 Miss. 460 1857 0 Damages for fraudulent removal of slaves Mississippi
Stanton v. Green 34 Miss. 576 1857 0 Fraudulent conveyance of property including slaves Mississippi
Hopkins v. Lacouture 4 La. 64 1832 0 Sales, recordation, debts, property, mortgages Louisiana
Wells v. Treadwell 28 Miss. 717 1855 0 Right of wife to convey slaves Mississippi
Steele v. Shirley 17 Miss. 382 1848 0 Petition for property including slaves Mississippi
Brown v. Forbes 16 Miss. 498 1847 0 Trover for conversion of slave Mississippi
Pearson v. Moreland 15 Miss. 609 1846 0 Recovery of debt dispute Mississippi