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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Wesley v. State 37 Miss. 327 1859 0 Trial of enslaved man for the killing of his master Mississippi
Smith v. Williams 38 Miss. 48 1859 0 Replevin action to recover slaves Mississippi
Ratliff v. Davis 38 Miss. 107 1859 1 Mississippi
Johnston v. Union Bank of Tennessee 37 Miss. 526 1859 1 Mississippi
Hogan v. Burnett 37 Miss. 617 1859 1 Mississippi
Plummer v. Plummer 37 Miss. 185 1859 0 Decree obtained by fraud in division of property Mississippi
Fairly v. Fairly 38 Miss. 280 1859 0 Purchase of slaves by agent with funds of the principle, consideration issues Mississippi
Allen v. Miles 36 Miss. 640 1859 0 Accounting of separate estate of wife Mississippi
Cheairs v. Smith 37 Miss. 646 1859 0 Whether a provision for emancipation voids an entire will Mississippi
Trotter v. Dobbs 38 Miss. 198 1859 0 Whether a party to a case is a "free white person" Mississippi
Jenkins v. Gowen 37 Miss. 444 1859 0 Replevin to recover possession of enslaved woman Mississippi
Pearson v. McMillan 37 Miss. 588 1859 1 Mississippi
Wilkes v. Coopwood 39 Miss. 348 1860 1 Mississippi
Griffin v. Sheffield 38 Miss. 359 1860 1 Mississippi
Sims v. Conger 39 Miss. 231 1860 0 Construction of contingency in will Mississippi
Peeples v. Horton 39 Miss. 406 1860 0 Contribution of legatees in payment of a debt Mississippi
Hart v. Hart 39 Miss. 221 1860 0 Jurisdiction issues in case involving alleged illegal sale of slaves Mississippi
Matthews v. Sontheimer 39 Miss. 174 1860 0 Probate of a will giving slaves to executor Mississippi
Bridgeforth v. Gray 39 Miss. 136 1860 1 Mississippi
Smith v. Allen 39 Miss. 469 1860 0 Recovery of enslaved man in posession of creditors Mississippi