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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Kidd v. Manley 28 Miss. 156 1854 0 Title to enslaved persons Mississippi
Sarah v. State 28 Miss. 267 1854 0 Indictment of enslaved woman for attempted murder Mississippi
Wailes v. Cooper 24 Miss. 208 1852 0 Defect in title Mississippi
Wall v. Wall 30 Miss. 91 1855 0 Mississippi
Peter v. State 7 Miss. 326 1842 0 Mississippi
Lewis v. State 17 Miss. 115 1847 0 Mississippi
Sale v. Saunders 24 Miss. 24 1852 0 Right to possession of enslaved person Mississippi
McWhorter v. Donald 39 Miss. 779 1861 0 Probation of an estate Mississippi
Minor v. Lancashire 5 Miss. 347 1840 0 Forfeiture of property dispute Mississippi
Houston v. Royston 9 Miss. 238 1843 0 Action to secure payment for slave Mississippi
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
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
Wilson v. Ivy 32 Miss. 233 1856 0 Right of action against 3rd person in case of fraud Mississippi
Wells v. Treadwell 28 Miss. 717 1855 0 Right of wife to convey 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
Still v. Corp. of Woodville 38 Miss. 646 1860 0 Jurisdictional issues regarding domicile Mississippi
Windham v. Williams 27 Miss. 313 1854 0 Wrongful detention of enslaved persons from the plaintiff Mississippi