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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Texada v. Camp 1 Miss. 150 1824 0 Warranty dispute Mississippi
Shaw v. Brown 42 Miss. 309 1868 0 Proving emancipation of enslaved people carried out of state by emancipation Mississippi
Pollock v. Williams 42 Miss. 88 1868 0 Partnership for the sale and transport of slaves Mississippi
Kelly v. Miller 39 Miss. 17 1860 0 Insanity and evidence of such in determining validity of a will Mississippi
Tucker v. Stites 39 Miss. 196 1860 0 Interpretation of a will Mississippi
Fondren v. Durfee 39 Miss. 324 1860 0 Breach of warranty in the sale of a sick slave Mississippi
Caleb v. State 39 Miss. 721 1861 0 Evidentiary issues in the murder of a white man by an enslaved man Mississippi
Hancock v. Titus & Co. 39 Miss. 224 1860 0 Construction of will Mississippi
Munford v. State 39 Miss. 558 1860 0 Double jeopardy in enslaved man's muder of a white man Mississippi
Davis v. Herndon 39 Miss. 484 1860 0 Construction of a deed loaning slaves for life Mississippi
Lamar v. Williams 39 Miss. 342 1860 0 Action of trespass by owner of a slave for the whipping of the slave by another Mississippi
Jeff v. State 39 Miss. 593 1860 0 Assault and battery committed by enslaved man on his master. Mississippi
Smith v. Allen 39 Miss. 469 1860 0 Recovery of enslaved man in posession of creditors Mississippi
Matthews v. Sontheimer 39 Miss. 174 1860 0 Probate of a will giving slaves to executor Mississippi
Hart v. Hart 39 Miss. 221 1860 0 Jurisdiction issues in case involving alleged illegal sale of slaves Mississippi
Peeples v. Horton 39 Miss. 406 1860 0 Contribution of legatees in payment of a debt Mississippi
Campbell v. Hays 41 Miss. 561 1867 0 Note given for the sale of slaves Mississippi
Lee v. Portwood 41 Miss. 109 1866 0 Action for replevin Mississippi
Capers v. McCaa 41 Miss. 479 1867 0 Conversion of property gained through the sale of slaves Mississippi
Hardin v. Pelan 41 Miss. 112 1866 0 Contract of a married woman providing for division of property Mississippi