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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Fondren v. Durfee 39 Miss. 324 1860 0 Breach of warranty in the sale of a sick slave Mississippi
Caleb v. State 39 Miss. 721 1861 0 Evidentiary issues in the murder of a white man by an enslaved man Mississippi
Glenn v. Chesapeake Bank 3 Md. 475 1853 0 Maryland
Lamar v. Williams 39 Miss. 342 1860 0 Action of trespass by owner of a slave for the whipping of the slave by another Mississippi
Smith v. Allen 39 Miss. 469 1860 0 Recovery of enslaved man in posession of creditors Mississippi
Matthews v. Sontheimer 39 Miss. 174 1860 0 Probate of a will giving slaves to executor Mississippi
Campbell v. Hays 41 Miss. 561 1867 0 Note given for the sale of slaves Mississippi
Lee v. Portwood 41 Miss. 109 1866 0 Action for replevin Mississippi
Hardin v. Pelan 41 Miss. 112 1866 0 Contract of a married woman providing for division of property Mississippi
Barker v. Justice 41 Miss. 240 1866 0 Sale of a slave without certificate of condition Mississippi
Overton v. Ex'ors of Morris 3 Port. 249 1836 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Lewis v. State 41 Miss. 686 1868 0 Liability of a master for enslaved man on bond Mississippi
Doyal v. Smith 28 Ga. 262 1859 0 Equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
Thornhill v. Gilmer 12 Miss. 153 1845 0 Equity of redemption Mississippi
Bennett v. Kennerly 40 Tenn. 674 1859 0 Tennessee
Inhabitants of Windsor v. Inhabitants of Hartford 2 Conn. 355 1817 0 Contract dispute Connecticut
Redus v. Wofford 12 Miss. 579 1845 0 Levy on slave Mississippi
Walker v. McDowell 12 Miss. 118 1845 0 Personal property dispute Mississippi
Brown v. Wilcox 147 Ga. 546 1918 0 Slaves levied as property to satisfy an unpaid debt Georgia
Hatto v. Brooks 33 Miss. 575 1857 0 Recovery of slaves Mississippi