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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Work v. Harper 31 Miss. 107 1856 0 Mississippi
Bohannon v. Fulton 31 Miss. 348 1856 0 Mississippi
Fearn v. Shirley 31 Miss. 301 1856 0 Mississippi
Alexander v. Beresford 27 Miss. 747 1854 0 Mississippi
Grayson v. Wilson 27 Miss. 553 1854 0 Mississippi
Hairston v. Hairston 27 Miss. 704 1854 0 Mississippi
Downey v. Barnett 27 Miss. 409 1854 0 Mississippi
John Henderson & Co. v. Clarke 27 Miss. 436 1854 0 Mississippi
Beirne v. Mower 21 Miss. 427 1850 0 Mississippi
Taylor v. Stone 21 Miss. 652 1850 0 Mississippi
Trimble v. Turner 21 Miss. 348 1850 0 Mississippi
Watson v. Blackwood 50 Miss. 15 1874 0 Mississippi
Irion v. Hume 50 Miss. 419 1874 0 Mississippi
Montgomery v. Norris 2 Miss. 499 1837 0 Mississippi
White v. Johnson 23 Miss. 68 1851 0 Mississippi
Duncan v. Johnson 23 Miss. 130 1851 0 Mississippi
Kilcrease v. Shelby 23 Miss. 161 1851 0 Mississippi
Townsend v. Henry 26 Miss. 203 1853 0 Mississippi
Mitchell v. Otey 23 Miss. 236 1851 0 Mississippi
Boarman v. Groves 23 Miss. 280 1852 0 Mississippi