Citing Slavery Project

Case Name	Citation	Year	Law Type	Jurisdiction
Houston v. Royston	9 Miss. 238	1843	Action to secure payment for slave	Mississippi
Work v. Glaskins	33 Miss. 539	1857	Right of wife to enforce promissory note due to her for sale of slaves	Mississippi
Beirne v. Mower	21 Miss. 427	1850	Levy on slave dispute	Mississippi
Kilcrease v. Shelby	23 Miss. 161	1851	Right of married woman to property after remarriage	Mississippi
Wallace v. Seales	36 Miss. 53	1858	Responsibility of the hirer of a slave for sickness and death of a slave	Mississippi
Talbott v. Norager	23 Miss. 572	1852	Evidence regarding whether the plaintiff was a black man	Mississippi
Steele v. Shirley	17 Miss. 382	1848	Petition for property including slaves	Mississippi
Brown v. Forbes	16 Miss. 498	1847	Trover for conversion of slave	Mississippi
Haralson v. White	38 Miss. 178	1859	Voucher for payment of judgement	Mississippi
Mangum v. Finucane	38 Miss. 354	1860	Replevin to recover slaves	Mississippi
Andrews v. Jones	32 Miss. 274	1856	Disposition of wife's separate estate	Mississippi
Snodgrass v. Andrews	30 Miss. 472	1855	Fraudulent sale of plantation and slaves	Mississippi
State v. McGraw	1 Miss. 208	1825	Indictment for stealing slave	Mississippi
Windham v. Williams	27 Miss. 313	1854	Wrongful detention of enslaved persons from the plaintiff	Mississippi
Sale v. Saunders	24 Miss. 24	1852	Right to possession of enslaved person	Mississippi
Fatheree v. Lawrence	33 Miss. 585	1857	Probate of will	Mississippi
Vasser v. Vasser	23 Miss. 378	1852	Deed	Mississippi
Lyon v. Knott	26 Miss. 548	1853	Ownership of enslaved persons	Mississippi
Block v. Cross	36 Miss. 549	1858	Jurisdiction of wife as to her separate estate	Mississippi
Hall v. Dickey	32 Miss. 208	1856	Validity of parol gift of enslaved woman	Mississippi