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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Chase v. State 46 Miss. 683 1872 1 Mississippi
Marks, Rothenberg & Co. v. N. H. & R. L. Bradley 69 Miss. 1 1891 1 Mississippi
Barnes v. Holcomb 20 Miss. 306 1849 0 Absolute bill of sale dispute Mississippi
Humphries v. Bartee 18 Miss. 282 1848 0 Absolute bill of sale dispute Mississippi
Heard v. Daniel 26 Miss. 451 1853 0 Accountability of guardian for management of ward's property Mississippi
Archer v. Jones 26 Miss. 583 1853 0 Account for hire of enslaved persons Mississippi
Allen v. Miles 36 Miss. 640 1859 0 Accounting of separate estate of wife Mississippi
Felder v. Wall 26 Miss. 595 1853 0 Account to be taken by copartners in business venture Mississippi
Kelly v. State 1 Mor. St. Cas. 235 1872 0 Action against master for killing a slave Mississippi
White v. State 1 Mor. St. Cas. 209 1872 0 Action against person for harboring alleged slave Mississippi
Suzett v. Buckels 8 Miss. 663 1843 0 Action against person for harboring a slave Mississippi
State v. Jones 1 Miss. 83 1820 0 Action against person for killing a slave Mississippi
Hope v. Evans 12 Miss. 321 1845 0 Action against sale of slave Mississippi
Lewis v. State 1 Mor. St. Cas. 392 1872 0 Action against slave for religious acountability Mississippi
Houston v. Burney 10 Miss. 583 1844 0 Action against vendor of slaves Mississippi
Anthony v. State 1 Mor. St. Cas. 467 1872 0 Action for assault committed by a slave Mississippi
Thornton v. Demoss 13 Miss. 609 1846 0 Action for exemption from servitude Mississippi
Young v. Cook 30 Miss. 320 1855 0 Action for legacy consisting of an enslaved girl Mississippi
Joslin v. Caughlin 32 Miss. 104 1856 0 Action for purchase money for slave of slave after death of slave in purchaser's posession Mississippi
Simmons v. Cutreer 20 Miss. 584 1849 0 Action for recovery of faulty slave Mississippi