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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hairston v. Hairston 30 Miss. 276 1855 0 Revocation of will bequeathing property to an enslaved person Mississippi
Pennington v. Acker 30 Miss. 161 1855 0 Conveyance and sale of slaves Mississippi
Ward v. Harrington 29 Miss. 238 1855 0 Enjoinment of sale of slaves Mississippi
Young v. Cook 30 Miss. 320 1855 0 Action for legacy consisting of an enslaved girl Mississippi
Stewart v. Stebbins 30 Miss. 66 1855 1 Mississippi
McWillie v. Kirkpatrick 28 Miss. 802 1855 1 Mississippi
Noel v. Harvey 29 Miss. 72 1855 0 Purchase of slaves after probate Mississippi
Newman v. Williams 29 Miss. 212 1855 0 Debt resulting from the sale of slaves Mississippi
Thornton v. West Feliciana Railroad 29 Miss. 143 1855 1 Mississippi
Russ v. Wingate 30 Miss. 440 1855 0 Foreclosure of mortgage on slaves Mississippi
Green v. State 28 Miss. 687 1855 1 Mississippi
George v. Bean 30 Miss. 147 1855 0 Fraudulent representations of administrator in sale of enslaved woman Mississippi
Cason v. Robson 29 Miss. 97 1855 0 Conveyance of slaves Mississippi
Fotheree v. Lawrence 30 Miss. 416 1855 0 Recovery of slaves Mississippi
Dozier v. Ellis 28 Miss. 730 1855 1 Mississippi
Howell v. Gibson 30 Miss. 464 1855 1 Mississippi
Lowery v. Craig 30 Miss. 19 1855 1 Mississippi
Snodgrass v. Andrews 30 Miss. 472 1855 0 Fraudulent sale of plantation and slaves Mississippi
Wells v. Treadwell 28 Miss. 717 1855 0 Right of wife to convey slaves Mississippi
Wood v. Ford 29 Miss. 57 1855 0 Suit for recovery of slaves Mississippi