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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Leggett v. Simmons 15 Miss. 348 1846 0 Mississippi
Peter v. State 12 Miss. 31 1844 0 Mississippi
Thompson v. Williams 15 Miss. 270 1846 0 Mississippi
Peter v. State 7 Miss. 326 1842 0 Mississippi
Lewis v. State 17 Miss. 115 1847 0 Mississippi
Peter v. State 4 Miss. 433 1839 0 Mississippi
Grand Gulf Railroad & Banking Co. ex rel. Ingraham v. Conger 17 Miss. 505 1848 0 Mississippi
Gray v. Bridgeforth 33 Miss. 312 1857 0 Mississippi
Jones v. Smith 33 Miss. 215 1857 0 Mississippi
Harris v. McLaran 30 Miss. 533 1855 0 Mississippi
Lawson v. Shotwell 27 Miss. 630 1854 0 Mississippi
Ragan v. Gray 27 Miss. 645 1854 0 Mississippi
Peck v. Glass 7 Miss. 195 1842 0 Mississippi
Whitney ex rel. Stewart v. Whitney 15 Miss. 740 1846 0 Mississippi
Gilpin v. Smith 19 Miss. 109 1848 0 Mississippi
Goddard v. Long 13 Miss. 782 1846 0 Mississippi
Whitley v. Stephenson 38 Miss. 113 1859 0 Mississippi
Whitfield v. Whitfield 40 Miss. 352 1866 0 Mississippi
Joor v. Williams 38 Miss. 546 1860 0 Mississippi
Byrd v. Wells 40 Miss. 711 1866 0 Mississippi