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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Fisher & Johnson v. Campbell 9 Port. 210 1839 0 Purchase of property disptue Alabama
Harris' Ex'ors v. Barnett 44 Va. 339 1846 0 Purchase of land SC of Appeals VA
Brown v. Mullins 24 Miss. 204 1852 0 Purchase of enslaved person by administrator without authority Mississippi
Evans v. Keeland 9 Ala. 42 1846 0 Purchase of a tract of land/Enslaved Personsdispute Alabama
Price v. Thomason 11 Ala. 875 1847 0 Purchase dispute Alabama
Mitchell v. Gates 23 Ala. 438 1853 0 Purchase contract dispute Alabama
Jones v. Smith 33 Miss. 215 1857 0 Purchase by trustee from cestue que trust Mississippi
Rankin v. Holloway 11 Miss. 614 1844 0 Public sale of slaves dispute Mississippi
Schwartz v. Torrenzano 49 Misc. 3d 943 2015 1 public policy exception New York
Tucker v. R.A. Hanson Co. 956 F.2d 215 1992 1 public policy United States
Ludeling v. Vester 20 La. 433 1868 0 Public lands, pre-emption, sale of lands Louisiana
John v. State 24 Miss. 569 1852 0 Proving ownership of deceased enslaved man in indictment of another enslaved man for his murder Mississippi
Merrill v. Melchior 30 Miss. 516 1855 0 Proving illegal sale of slaves Mississippi
Shaw v. Brown 42 Miss. 309 1868 0 Proving emancipation of enslaved people carried out of state by emancipation Mississippi
Wyse v. Dandridge 35 Miss. 672 1858 0 Protection of bonafide purchaser Mississippi
Lewis v. Elrod 38 Ala. 17 1861 0 Protect Interest in Ensalved Persons Alabama
Greenwade v. Mills 31 Miss. 464 1856 0 Prosecution for theft of a slave Mississippi
Brister v. State 26 Ala. 107 1855 0 Prosecution for Murder Alabama
Jenkins v. State 30 Miss. 408 1855 0 Proper venue in murder case Mississippi
Hynes v. Kirkman 4 La. 47 1832 0 Property, witness testimony, wages, termination, theft, confession, damages, torts, criminal law Louisiana