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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Lusk v. Swayze 35 Miss. 155 1858 0 Reversion of enslaved man distributed to a widow to the distributees Mississippi
Bullitt, Miller & Co. v. Taylor & Richardson 34 Miss. 708 1858 0 Conveyance of slaves Mississippi
Garner & Neville v. Lyles & Bracy 35 Miss. 176 1858 0 Fraudulent coveyance of slaves Mississippi
Boyd v. Swing 38 Miss. 182 1859 1 Mississippi
Sims v. Yazoo & Big Black Plank Road Co. 38 Miss. 23 1859 1 Mississippi
Dunlap v. Hearn 37 Miss. 471 1859 0 Evidentiary issues in title to enslaved woman Mississippi
Nichols v. Denny 37 Miss. 59 1859 1 Mississippi
Trotter v. Dobbs 38 Miss. 198 1859 0 Whether a party to a case is a "free white person" Mississippi
Strawhern v. State 37 Miss. 422 1859 1 Mississippi
Wesley v. State 37 Miss. 327 1859 0 Trial of enslaved man for the killing of his master Mississippi
Whitley v. Stephenson 38 Miss. 113 1859 0 Widow's right to property Mississippi
Powers v. Presgroves 38 Miss. 227 1859 1 Mississippi
Thomas v. State 37 Miss. 353 1859 1 Mississippi
Root v. McFerrin 37 Miss. 17 1859 1 Mississippi
Lanehart v. Jeter 36 Miss. 650 1859 0 Interest of husband in slaves belonging to wife Mississippi
Minor v. State 36 Miss. 630 1859 0 Whether enslaved man is entitled to a writ of error in non-capital cases Mississippi
Simon v. State 37 Miss. 288 1859 0 Evidentiary issues in the case of a murder by a runaway Mississippi
Heirn v. Bridault 37 Miss. 209 1859 0 Rights of alien free negroes Mississippi
Woods v. Sturdevant 38 Miss. 68 1859 0 Gift of enslaved man from a parent to a child. Mississippi
Alfred v. State 37 Miss. 296 1859 0 Evidence in case of murder committed enslaved man Mississippi