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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Atchison v. Potter 14 Miss. 120 1846 0 Larceny of slave Mississippi
Calmes v. Ford 14 Miss. 190 1846 0 Levy on slave Mississippi
Moody v. Farr 14 Miss. 100 1846 0 Recovery for value of slave Mississippi
McKiernan v. Massingill 14 Miss. 375 1846 0 Bill of sale dispute Mississippi
Jennings v. Dennis 14 Miss. 379 1846 0 Levy on slaves Mississippi
Terry v. Woods 14 Miss. 139 1846 0 Mortgage dispute Mississippi
Lea v. Guice 21 Miss. 656 1850 0 Property dispute Mississippi
Frierson v. Frierson 21 Ala. 549 1852 0 Conveyance of Enslaved Personsby Life Estate Alabama
Swift v. Swift 36 Ala. 147 1860 0 Whether a Contract by the Two Parties was a Mortgage Alabama
Heath v. Devaughn 37 Ala. 677 1861 0 Slander for Alledged Engagment in Slave Trade Alabama
State v. Wisdom 8 Port. 511 1839 0 Indictment for Stealing Enslaved Persons Alabama
Grover v. Gaunt 14 Miss. 317 1846 0 Declaration of bond Mississippi
Carradine v. Carradine 33 Miss. 698 1857 0 Recovery of slaves Mississippi
Steadman v. Holman 33 Miss. 550 1857 0 Entitlement of husband to wife's slaves Mississippi
Marble v. Whaley 33 Miss. 157 1857 0 Recovery of slaves Mississippi
Warner v. Warner 33 Miss. 547 1857 0 Forfeiture of right to life interest in slaves belonging to wife Mississippi
Johnson v. Miller 33 Miss. 553 1857 0 Construction of portion of proceeds from will Mississippi
Norris v. State 33 Miss. 373 1857 0 Criminal charge for larceny of a slave Mississippi
Billingslea v. Young 33 Miss. 95 1857 0 Issues in separate estate of the wife including slaves Mississippi
Phipps v. Morton 33 Miss. 211 1857 0 Recovery of an enslaved woman Mississippi