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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Phipps v. Tarpley 24 Miss. 597 1852 0 Holding of legal title Mississippi
Smith v. Hurd 8 Miss. 188 1843 0 Hiring out of slaves dispute Mississippi
Haywood v. Long 27 N.C. 438 1845 0 Hiring of slaves North Carolina
Heathcock v. Pennington 33 N.C. 640 1850 0 Hiring of slaves North Carolina
Jemison & Sloan v. Dearing's Executors 41 Ala. 283 1867 0 Hiring of Enslaved Personsdispute Alabama
Harkins v. Coalter 2 Port. 463 1835 0 Hiring of Enslaved Personsdispute Alabama
Leake v. Sutherland 25 Ark. 219 1868 0 Hiring of enslaved person by estate Arkansas
Christmas v. Smith 10 Tex. 123 1853 0 Hire of slaves dispute Texas
Montgomery v. Griffin 1 Miss. 453 1831 0 Hire of slaves dispute Mississippi
Succession of Ross 22 La. Ann. 480 1870 0 "Hire" of slaves Louisiana
Lindsey v. Platner 23 Miss. 576 1852 0 Hire of enslaved persons from sheriff's sale Mississippi
Gregory v. Williams 24 Ark. 177 1866 0 Hire of enslaved person Arkansas
Williams v. Holcombe 4 N.C. 365 1814 0 Hire of a slave North Carolina
United States v. Simms 4 D.C. 618 1835 0 Highway Robbery United States
Succession of Kerley 18 La. Ann. 583 1866 0 Heirs, Secured Transactions Louisiana
Rochelle v. Hezeau 15 La. Ann. 306 1860 0 Heirs, Property, Successions, Louisiana
Holmes v. Dabbs 15 La. Ann. 501 1860 0 Heirs, Property, Debts Louisiana
Loubière v. LeBlanc 12 La. Ann. 210 1857 0 Heirs, promissory notes, debts, property, successions Louisiana
Woods v. Woods 13 La. Ann. 189 1858 0 Heirs, nullity of sale Louisiana
Leonora v. Scott 10 La. Ann. 651 1855 0 Heirs, manumission, wills Louisiana