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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Garlington v. Priest 13 Fla. 559 1869 0 Execution of a Bond Supreme Court of FL
Henderson v. Winchester 31 Miss. 290 1856 0 Execution levied on slaves Mississippi
In re Lake Charles Retail Dev. LLC No. 13-44093, 2014 WL 4948234, at *5 (Bankr. E.D.N.Y. Sept. 30, 2014) 2014 1 execution New York
Rentfrow v. Shaw 5 Miss. 651 1840 0 Exchange of property dispute Mississippi
Trigg v. Conway 24 F. Cas. 194 1847 0 Excessive damages United States
Commonwealth v. Turner 5 Rand. 678 1827 0 Excessive beating/assault of a slave General Ct of VA
Alexander v. Polk 39 Miss. 737 1861 0 Evidentiary issues regarding a deed as evidence Mississippi
Dunlap v. Hearn 37 Miss. 471 1859 0 Evidentiary issues in title to enslaved woman Mississippi
Oliver v. State 39 Miss. 526 1860 0 Evidentiary issues in the testimony in a trial of a white man who killed enslaved man Mississippi
Caleb v. State 39 Miss. 721 1861 0 Evidentiary issues in the murder of a white man by an enslaved man Mississippi
Josephine v. State 39 Miss. 613 1861 0 Evidentiary issues in the murder of a slaveowner's daughter by enslaved woman, and attempted poisoning of the rest of the family Mississippi
Simon v. State 37 Miss. 288 1859 0 Evidentiary issues in the case of a murder by a runaway Mississippi
Treadwell v. Herndon 41 Miss. 38 1866 0 Evidentiary issues in settlement of will Mississippi
Frank v. State 39 Miss. 705 1861 0 Evidentiary issues, including validity of confession, in a B&E committed by enslaved man Mississippi
Thompson v. Munson 43 Miss. 176 1870 0 Evidence shown proving that a black person was not a slave Mississippi
Talbott v. Norager 23 Miss. 572 1852 0 Evidence regarding whether the plaintiff was a black man Mississippi
Cogan v. Frisby 36 Miss. 178 1858 0 Evidence regarding sale of enslaved woman Mississippi
Bailey v. Barnelly 23 Ga. 582 1857 0 Evidence received from slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Westmoreland v. State 45 Ga. 225 1872 0 evidence of criminal insanity Georgia
Herndon v. Henderson 41 Miss. 584 1868 0 Evidence of a contract for the sale of a slave Mississippi