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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Byrd v. State 2 Miss. 163 1834 0 Question of jurisdiction Mississippi
Harry v. Decker 1 Miss. 36 1818 0 Question of freedom for slave Mississippi
Bryan v. Weems 25 Ala. 195 1854 0 Question of expiration term for Enslaved Personsto be hired out Alabama
State v. Marshall 14 Ala. 411 1848 0 Question of Enslaved Person as competent witness Alabama
Long's Adm'rs v. Steiger 8 Tex. 460 1852 0 Question as to the rightful title of slaves Texas
State v. Clark 2 Del. Cas. 210 1804 0 Question as to hether a man was enslaved or free so he could testify Delaware
Eliza v. State 39 Ala. 693 1866 0 Quesiton as to rights of freedmen Alabama
Shipp v. Wheeless 33 Miss. 646 1857 0 Purchaser seeking recission of contract Mississippi
Butler v. Hicks 19 Miss. 78 1848 0 Purchaser of slaves dispute Mississippi
Howell v. Hair 15 Ala. 194 1849 0 Purchaser of Enslaved Person property disptue Alabama
Whitehead v. Ducker 19 Miss. 98 1848 0 Purchase of slaves dispute Mississippi
Fairly v. Fairly 38 Miss. 280 1859 0 Purchase of slaves by agent with funds of the principle, consideration issues Mississippi
Noel v. Harvey 29 Miss. 72 1855 0 Purchase of slaves after probate Mississippi
Hutcheson v. Minis 15 Miss. 388 1846 0 Purchase of slave dispute Mississippi
Murdock v. Hughes 15 Miss. 219 1846 0 Purchase of slave dispute Mississippi
Freeman v. Bass 34 Ga. 355 1866 0 Purchase of skave Supreme Courrt of Georgia
Brown v. Smith 6 Miss. 387 1841 0 Purchase of property dispute Mississippi
Baines v. M'Gee 9 Miss. 208 1843 0 Purchase of property dispute Mississippi
Anderson v. Lincoln 6 Miss. 279 1840 0 Purchase of property dispute Mississippi
Saunders v. Richardson 10 Miss. 90 1844 0 Purchase of property dispute Mississippi