Citing Slavery Project

Case Name	Citation	Year	Law Type	Jurisdiction
Guion v. Doherty	43 Miss. 538	1871	Coverture	Mississippi
Herrod v. Davis	43 Miss. 102	1870	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	Defective sale of a slave who was later emancipated	Mississippi
Redus v. Hayden	43 Miss. 614	1871	Confirmation of the sale of slaves	Mississippi
Williams v. Williams	43 Miss. 430	1871	Division of an estate	Mississippi
Jagers v. Griffin	43 Miss. 134	1870	Contract recision	Mississippi
Mayfield v. Barnard	43 Miss. 270	1870	Who bears the burden of the cost of an emancipated slave in a contract	Mississippi
Thompson v. Munson	43 Miss. 176	1870	Evidence shown proving that a black person was not a slave	Mississippi
Pitts v. State	43 Miss. 472	1871	Admissibility of an extra-judicial confession	Mississippi
Coffin v. Bramlitt	42 Miss. 194	1868	Annual account of guardian for managed estate, including slaves	Mississippi
Meek v. Perry	36 Miss. 190	1858	Will leaving slaves to a ward	Mississippi
Arthur v. President of the Commercial & Railroad Bank of Vicksburg	17 Miss. 394	1848	Will & trust	Mississippi
Anding v. Davis	38 Miss. 574	1860	Parole creation of trust	Mississippi
Texada v. Camp	1 Miss. 150	1824	Warranty dispute	Mississippi
Shaw v. Brown	42 Miss. 309	1868	Proving emancipation of enslaved people carried out of state by emancipation	Mississippi
Pollock v. Williams	42 Miss. 88	1868	Partnership for the sale and transport of slaves	Mississippi
Kelly v. Miller	39 Miss. 17	1860	Insanity and evidence of such in determining validity of a will	Mississippi
Tucker v. Stites	39 Miss. 196	1860	Interpretation of a will	Mississippi
Fondren v. Durfee	39 Miss. 324	1860	Breach of warranty in the sale of a sick slave	Mississippi
Caleb v. State	39 Miss. 721	1861	Evidentiary issues in the murder of a white man by an enslaved man	Mississippi