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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Davidson v. Jones 26 Miss. 56 1853 0 Mississippi
James v. Elder 23 Miss. 134 1851 0 Mississippi
Ward v. Harrington 29 Miss. 238 1855 0 Mississippi
Mason v. Moody 26 Miss. 184 1853 0 Mississippi
Hemphill v. Hemphill 34 Miss. 68 1857 0 Mississippi
Thornton v. McNeill 23 Miss. 369 1852 0 Mississippi
Trotter v. McCall 26 Miss. 410 1853 0 Mississippi
Robbins v. McMillan 26 Miss. 434 1853 0 Mississippi
Grinstead v. Foute 26 Miss. 476 1853 0 Mississippi
Beck v. Beck 36 Miss. 72 1858 0 Mississippi
Hardy v. Thomas 23 Miss. 544 1852 0 Mississippi
Williamson v. Downs 34 Miss. 402 1857 0 Mississippi
Field v. Weir 28 Miss. 56 1854 0 Mississippi
Kohlheim v. Harrison 34 Miss. 457 1857 0 Mississippi
Croft v. White 36 Miss. 455 1858 0 Mississippi
Prewett v. Land 36 Miss. 495 1858 0 Mississippi
Gibson v. Jayne 37 Miss. 164 1859 0 Mississippi
Jayne v. Dillon 28 Miss. 283 1854 0 Mississippi
Berry v. Bacon 28 Miss. 318 1854 0 Mississippi
Childress v. Ford 18 Miss. 25 1848 0 Mississippi