Citing Slavery Project

Case Name	Citation	Year	Law Type	Jurisdiction
Pitts v. State	43 Miss. 472	1871	Admissibility of an extra-judicial confession	Mississippi
Coffin v. Bramlitt	42 Miss. 194	1868	Annual account of guardian for managed estate, including slaves	Mississippi
Shaw v. Brown	42 Miss. 309	1868	Proving emancipation of enslaved people carried out of state by emancipation	Mississippi
Pollock v. Williams	42 Miss. 88	1868	Partnership for the sale and transport of slaves	Mississippi
Tucker v. Stites	39 Miss. 196	1860	Interpretation of a will	Mississippi
Fondren v. Durfee	39 Miss. 324	1860	Breach of warranty in the sale of a sick slave	Mississippi
Munford v. State	39 Miss. 558	1860	Double jeopardy in enslaved man's muder of a white man	Mississippi
Davis v. Herndon	39 Miss. 484	1860	Construction of a deed loaning slaves for life	Mississippi
Jeff v. State	39 Miss. 593	1860	Assault and battery committed by enslaved man on his master.	Mississippi
Smith v. Allen	39 Miss. 469	1860	Recovery of enslaved man in posession of creditors	Mississippi
Campbell v. Hays	41 Miss. 561	1867	Note given for the sale of slaves	Mississippi
Lee v. Portwood	41 Miss. 109	1866	Action for replevin	Mississippi
Hardin v. Pelan	41 Miss. 112	1866	Contract of a married woman providing for division of property	Mississippi
Barker v. Justice	41 Miss. 240	1866	Sale of a slave without certificate of condition	Mississippi
Reynolds v. Nelson	41 Miss. 83	1866	Division and partition of land and slaves	Mississippi
Garnett v. Kirkman	41 Miss. 94	1866	Trial regarding last will and testament providing for sale of slaves	Mississippi
Lewis v. State	41 Miss. 686	1868	Liability of a master for enslaved man on bond	Mississippi
Herndon v. Henderson	41 Miss. 584	1868	Evidence of a contract for the sale of a slave	Mississippi
Harney v. Pack	12 Miss. 229	1845	Deed of trust dispute	Mississippi
Bell v. Tombigbee Railroad	12 Miss. 549	1845	Levy on slaves	Mississippi