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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Whitfield v. Whitfield 44 Miss. 254 1870 0 Detinue suit for personal property, including slaves Mississippi
Chapman v. Evans 44 Miss. 113 1870 1 Mississippi
McLeod v. Harper 43 Miss. 42 1870 1 Mississippi
Kellogg v. State 43 Miss. 57 1870 1 Mississippi
Gathings v. State 44 Miss. 343 1870 1 Mississippi
Humphreys v. Wilson 43 Miss. 328 1870 1 Mississippi
Bloom v. Price 44 Miss. 73 1870 1 Mississippi
Campbell v. Adair 45 Miss. 170 1871 1 Mississippi
Statham v. New York Life Insurance 45 Miss. 581 1871 1 Mississippi
Herron v. Bondurant & Todd 45 Miss. 683 1871 1 Mississippi
Darcey v. Lake 46 Miss. 109 1871 1 Mississippi
Buckner, Newman & Co. v. Wood 45 Miss. 57 1871 1 Mississippi
Pitts v. State 43 Miss. 472 1871 0 Admissibility of an extra-judicial confession Mississippi
James v. State 45 Miss. 572 1871 1 Mississippi
Hanserd v. Gray 46 Miss. 75 1871 0 Amending an answer in a case regarding division of slaves Mississippi
Williams v. Williams 43 Miss. 430 1871 0 Division of an estate Mississippi
Redus v. Hayden 43 Miss. 614 1871 0 Confirmation of the sale of slaves Mississippi
Guion v. Doherty 43 Miss. 538 1871 0 Coverture Mississippi
Storm v. Smith 43 Miss. 497 1871 0 Sale of enslaved man owned by a minor by that minor's guardian Mississippi
Martin v. Tarver 43 Miss. 517 1871 0 Power of administrator to pay or delay payment of debts for slaves Mississippi