http://www.oyez.org/cases/1792-1850/1841/ U.S. Supreme Court Cases, presented by The Oyez Project (www.oyez.org) en-us <p>Slaughter took a group of slaves to Mississippi to sell them. He accepted partial payment. The note fell due but remained unpaid. A federal court eventually held that Slaughter was entitled to recover the amount of the contract. However, a state constitutional provision adopted prior to Slaughter's sale prohibited his transaction.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1792-1850/1841/1841_0/