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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Joslin v. Caughlin 27 Miss. 852 1854 0 Sale of enslaved person Mississippi
Raby v. Batiste 27 Miss. 731 1854 0 Whether there was authority to convey property to the son of an enslaved man (?) Mississippi
Mahorner v. Harrison 21 Miss. 53 1849 0 Recovery for labor of slaves Mississippi
Garland v. Hull 21 Miss. 76 1849 0 Lien on property dispute Mississippi
Davis v. Harris 21 Miss. 9 1849 0 Conveyance of slave dispute Mississippi
Lacoste v. Pipkin 21 Miss. 589 1850 0 Human trafficking action Mississippi
Steele v. Shirley 21 Miss. 196 1849 0 Wrongful recovery of slaves Mississippi
Walker v. Gilbert 21 Miss. 693 1850 0 Levy on slaves Mississippi
Irion v. Hume 50 Miss. 419 1874 0 Attachment of slaves Mississippi
Cothran v. State 2 Mor. St. Cas. 1382 1872 0 Perjury of a witness in a case involving a broken contract Mississippi
Penrice v. Cocks 2 Miss. 227 1835 0 Warranty dispute Mississippi
Byrd v. State 2 Miss. 247 1835 0 Indictment against slave Mississippi
Lewis's Adm'rs v. Farrish & Stamp's Administrators 2 Miss. 547 1837 0 Recovery for value of slave Mississippi
Wood v. Ford 29 Miss. 57 1855 0 Suit for recovery of slaves Mississippi
Parr v. Gibbons ex rel. Gibbons 23 Miss. 92 1851 0 Ownership of enslaved person given to married woman prior to her death Mississippi
Bank of England v. Tarleton 23 Miss. 173 1851 0 Creditor's rights Mississippi
Gelstrop v. Moore 26 Miss. 206 1853 0 Decree for the sale of enslaved persons Mississippi
Mitchell v. Otey 23 Miss. 236 1851 0 Subjecting wife's separate property to pay husband's debts Mississippi
Sessions v. Bacon 23 Miss. 272 1852 0 Whether a wife can mortgage on an estate to secure husband's debts Mississippi
W. T. Raleigh Co. v. Barnes 143 Miss. 597 1926 1 Mississippi