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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Pollock v. Williams 42 Miss. 88 1868 0 Partnership for the sale and transport of slaves Mississippi
Kelly v. Miller 39 Miss. 17 1860 0 Insanity and evidence of such in determining validity of a will Mississippi
Vertner v. Humphreys 22 Miss. 130 1850 0 Fraudulent conveyance Mississippi
Caleb v. State 39 Miss. 721 1861 0 Evidentiary issues in the murder of a white man by an enslaved man Mississippi
Munford v. State 39 Miss. 558 1860 0 Double jeopardy in enslaved man's muder of a white man Mississippi
Davis v. Herndon 39 Miss. 484 1860 0 Construction of a deed loaning slaves for life Mississippi
Bullitt, Miller & Co. v. Taylor & Richardson 34 Miss. 708 1858 0 Conveyance of slaves Mississippi
Barringer v. Boyd 27 Miss. 473 1854 0 Judgment against slaveholder Mississippi
Read v. Manning 30 Miss. 308 1855 0 Emancipation of slaves via will, in contravention of state laws Mississippi
Whitfield v. Whitfield 44 Miss. 254 1870 0 Detinue suit for personal property, including slaves Mississippi
Tooley v. Gridley 11 Miss. 493 1844 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Green v. Robinson 6 Miss. 80 1840 0 Contracting dispute Mississippi
Sarah v. State 28 Miss. 267 1854 0 Indictment of enslaved woman for attempted murder Mississippi
Lewis & Nichols v. Gilmer 11 Miss. 560 1844 0 Adverse posession of a slave Mississippi
Wall v. Wall 30 Miss. 91 1855 0 Mississippi
Peter v. State 12 Miss. 31 1844 0 Mississippi
Lewis v. State 17 Miss. 115 1847 0 Mississippi
Peter v. State 4 Miss. 433 1839 0 Mississippi
Ricks v. Hilliard 45 Miss. 359 1871 0 Recovery of enslaved woman distributed to an heir Mississippi
Peeples v. Horton 39 Miss. 406 1860 0 Contribution of legatees in payment of a debt Mississippi