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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Doughty v. Owen 24 Miss. 404 1852 0 Rights of a master when an enslaved person is charged with a high crime Mississippi
Holloway v. Armstrong 30 Miss. 504 1855 0 Suit for recovery of enslaved woman Mississippi
Gully v. Dunlap 24 Miss. 410 1852 0 Recovery of bond on account of levy and sale of enslaved man Mississippi
Newman v. Elam 30 Miss. 507 1855 0 Improper collection of a tax on sale of slaves Mississippi
Pritchard v. Myers 19 Miss. 169 1848 0 Levy on slaves Mississippi
Jordan v. Roach 32 Miss. 481 1856 0 Contingencies in will Mississippi
Wilson v. McElroy 10 Miss. 241 1844 0 Estate property sale dispute Mississippi
Merrill v. Melchior 30 Miss. 516 1855 0 Proving illegal sale of slaves Mississippi
Hill v. Richards 19 Miss. 194 1848 0 Petition to sell slaves Mississippi
Boyd v. Lambeth 24 Miss. 433 1852 0 Attachment of equity Mississippi
Garrett v. Hamblin 19 Miss. 219 1848 0 Levy on slave dispute Mississippi
Bosley v. Bruner 24 Miss. 457 1852 0 Judgment without notice Mississippi
Dick v. State 30 Miss. 631 1856 0 Trial of enslaved man for attempted rape Mississippi
Garland v. Chambers 19 Miss. 337 1848 0 Levy on slaves Mississippi
Barksdale v. Elam 30 Miss. 694 1856 0 How illegal condition affects a contract Mississippi
Work v. Harper 24 Miss. 517 1852 0 Notice to creditor regarding mortgage Mississippi
Presley v. Rodgers 24 Miss. 520 1852 0 Conveyance of enslaved persons on whom there is a levy Mississippi
Presley v. Stribling 24 Miss. 527 1852 0 Interest in enslaved persons for purpose of payment of debt Mississippi
Worten v. Howard 10 Miss. 527 1844 0 Action to recover a slave Mississippi
W. T. Raleigh Co. v. Barnes 143 Miss. 597 1926 1 Mississippi