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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Johnson v. Weld 8 La. Ann. 126 1853 0 Red judicata, property, donations Louisiana
Weathersby v. Weathersby 39 Miss. 652 1861 0 Recovery of slaves that were given by husband to a wife as part of separation Mississippi
Barry v. Kimball 12 La. Ann. 372 1857 0 Death of enslaved person, negligence, warranty, sales Louisiana
Voorhies v. DeBlanc 12 La. Ann. 864 1857 0 Creditor's rights, property, inheritance, successions Louisiana
Avery v. Avery 12 Tex. 54 1854 0 Suit to recover a slave Texas
Daret v. Gray 12 La. Ann. 394 1857 0 Runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Lambert v. King 12 La. Ann. 662 1856 0 Contracts, mistreatment of enslaved persons Louisiana
Reed v. Crocker 12 La. Ann. 436 1857 0 Wills, property, forced heirs Louisiana
Hoover v. Wells 39 Miss. 445 1860 0 Entitlement to slaves posessed by wife under 1839 Act Mississippi
State v. Kitty 12 La. Ann. 805 1857 0 False confessions, murder, criminal law Louisiana
Knox v. Thompson 12 La. Ann. 114 1857 0 Breach of contract, recovery of damages, specific performance Louisiana
Garnett v. Cowles 39 Miss. 60 1860 0 Will providing for emancipation of slaves by purchase for freedom Mississippi
Dibrell v. Carlisle 48 Miss. 691 1873 0 Use of slaves to secure a debt Mississippi
Haynes v. Courtney 15 La. Ann. 630 1860 0 Property, Secured Transactions Louisiana
Virgin v. Dawson 15 La. Ann. 532 1860 0 Promissory Note, Sale of Enslaved Person Louisiana
Decuir v. Lejeune 15 La. Ann. 569 1860 0 Contracts, Wills, Property Louisiana
Taylor, Hadden & Co. v. Pearce 15 La. Ann. 564 1860 0 Hypothecary Action, Mortgage, Property, Louisiana
Wilbourn v. Wilbourn 48 Miss. 38 1873 0 Appropriation of cotton raised by slaves in an estate Mississippi
Dozier v. Freeman 47 Miss. 647 1873 0 Power of trustee to sell slaves in a trust Mississippi
McDaniel v. Johns 45 Miss. 632 1871 0 Disposistion of slaves given as property as gifts in a will Mississippi