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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Anderson v. Burke 14 Miss. 475 1846 0 Assusmpit for wages Mississippi
Bingham v. Sessions 14 Miss. 13 1846 0 Personal property dispute Mississippi
Commonwealth v. Levy 64 Va. 21 1873 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Porter v. Porter 22 Tenn. 586 1842 0 Tennessee
Delony v. Fort 45 Ga. 122 1872 0 Slave debt Supreme Court of Georgia
Compton v. Compton 14 Miss. 194 1846 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Calmes v. Ford 14 Miss. 190 1846 0 Levy on slave Mississippi
Moody v. Farr 14 Miss. 100 1846 0 Recovery for value of slave Mississippi
Jennings v. Dennis 14 Miss. 379 1846 0 Levy on slaves Mississippi
Terry v. Woods 14 Miss. 139 1846 0 Mortgage dispute Mississippi
Gregory's Administrator v. Marks's Administrator 22 Va. 355 1823 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Billingslea v. Young 33 Miss. 95 1857 0 Issues in separate estate of the wife including slaves Mississippi
Hatto v. Brooks 33 Miss. 575 1857 0 Recovery of slaves Mississippi
Manly v. Kidd 33 Miss. 141 1857 0 Right to slaves in possession of claimants Mississippi
Fox v. Matthews 33 Miss. 433 1857 0 Verbal sale of slaves in Louisina Mississippi
Goss v. Whitehead 33 Miss. 213 1857 0 Use of promissory note signed in blank to hire slaves Mississippi
Taylor v. Sorsby 1 Miss. 97 1821 0 Action for stealing slaves Mississippi
Friley v. White 31 Miss. 442 1856 0 Husbands right to enslaved woman belonging to wife Mississippi
Work v. Harper 31 Miss. 107 1856 0 Enforcement of judgment through execution levied on slave Mississippi
Wall v. Wall 28 Miss. 409 1854 0 Whether enslaved persons are part of an estate Mississippi