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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Melvin v. Lyons 18 Miss. 78 1848 0 Mississippi
Nabors v. McKay 27 Miss. 799 1854 0 Mississippi
Porter v. Duglass 27 Miss. 379 1854 0 Mississippi
Henderson v. Warmack 27 Miss. 830 1854 0 Mississippi
Rabb v. McKinnie 27 Miss. 98 1854 0 Mississippi
McIntyre v. Whitfield 21 Miss. 88 1849 0 Mississippi
Dearing v. Ford 21 Miss. 269 1850 0 Mississippi
Walker v. Shotwell 21 Miss. 544 1850 0 Mississippi
Weathersey v. Weathersby 21 Miss. 685 1850 0 Mississippi
Johnson v. White 21 Miss. 584 1850 0 Mississippi
Bond v. State 21 Miss. 265 1850 0 Mississippi
Ewing v. Cargill 21 Miss. 79 1849 0 Mississippi
Magee v. Harrington 21 Miss. 403 1850 0 Mississippi
Gillespie v. McKnight 10 F. Cas. 385 1870 0 United States
Mathews v. Springer 16 F. Cas. 1096 1871 0 United States
Burney v. Boyett 2 Miss. 39 1834 0 Mississippi
Welch v. Jamison 2 Miss. 160 1834 0 Mississippi
Byrd v. State 2 Miss. 163 1834 0 Mississippi
Davis v. Minor 2 Miss. 183 1835 0 Mississippi
Cable v. Martin 2 Miss. 558 1837 0 Mississippi