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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Penrice v. Cocks 2 Miss. 227 1835 0 Mississippi
Baldwin v. Conger 17 Miss. 516 1848 0 Mississippi
Gayden v. Marshall 16 Miss. 489 1847 0 Mississippi
Byrd v. State 2 Miss. 247 1835 0 Mississippi
Bank of England v. Tarleton 23 Miss. 173 1851 0 Mississippi
Gelstrop v. Moore 26 Miss. 206 1853 0 Mississippi
Sessions v. Bacon 23 Miss. 272 1852 0 Mississippi
Fairley v. Fairley 34 Miss. 18 1857 0 Mississippi
Fairly v. Thompson 34 Miss. 101 1857 0 Mississippi
Shotwell v. Webb 23 Miss. 375 1852 0 Mississippi
Shelton v. Baldwin 26 Miss. 439 1853 0 Mississippi
Smith v. Chew 35 Miss. 153 1858 0 Mississippi
James v. Dowell 15 Miss. 333 1846 0 Mississippi
Green v. State 23 Miss. 509 1852 0 Mississippi
Ike v. State 23 Miss. 525 1852 0 Mississippi
Carter v. Burris 18 Miss. 527 1848 0 Mississippi
Rabb v. Griffin 26 Miss. 579 1853 0 Mississippi
Lindsey v. Platner 23 Miss. 576 1852 0 Mississippi
Payne v. Green 18 Miss. 507 1848 0 Mississippi
Perry v. Clarke 6 Miss. 495 1841 0 Mississippi