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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Doe ex dem. Shelton v. Hamilton 23 Miss. 496 1852 0 Mississippi
Wheatley v. Abbott 32 Miss. 343 1856 0 Mississippi
Funchess v. Seibe 27 Miss. 26 1854 0 Mississippi
Hall v. Hall 27 Miss. 458 1854 0 Mississippi
Garland v. Chambers 19 Miss. 337 1848 0 Mississippi
Work v. Harper 24 Miss. 517 1852 0 Mississippi
Scott v. State 31 Miss. 473 1856 0 Mississippi
Burke v. Murphy 27 Miss. 167 1854 0 Mississippi
McKiernan v. Massingill 14 Miss. 375 1846 0 Mississippi
Calmes v. Ford 14 Miss. 190 1846 0 Mississippi
Dearing v. Ford 21 Miss. 269 1850 0 Mississippi
Fellows v. Griffin 17 Miss. 362 1848 0 Mississippi
Vanhouten v. Reily 14 Miss. 440 1846 0 Mississippi
Phipps v. Morton 33 Miss. 211 1857 0 Mississippi
Rowley v. Cummings 9 Miss. 340 1843 0 Mississippi
Olive v. Walton 33 Miss. 103 1857 0 Mississippi
McRea v. Walker 5 Miss. 455 1840 0 Mississippi
King v. Terry 7 Miss. 513 1842 0 Mississippi
Melton v. Howard 8 Miss. 103 1843 0 Mississippi
Fox v. Matthews 33 Miss. 433 1857 0 Mississippi