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Case Name ▼ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Sibley v. Maria 2 Fla. 553 1849 0 Dispute over Directing an Estate on Conditions Supreme Court of FL
Shuttleworth v. State 35 Ala. 415 1860 0 Indictment for trading with enslaved person Alabama
Shumate v. Dunbar 20 Va. 430 1819 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Shugart's Adm'r v. Thompson's Adm'r 37 Va. 434 1839 0 Action to impeach a settled account SC of Appeals VA
Shue v. Turk 56 Va. 256 1859 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Shropshire v. His Creditors 15 La. Ann. 705 1860 0 Secured Transactions, Repossession Louisiana
Shropshire v. Burns 46 Ala. 108 1871 0 Estate dispute Alabama
Shotwell v. Webb 23 Miss. 375 1852 0 Agreement for purchase of enslaved persons (two separate families) Mississippi
Short v. Abernathy 42 Tex. 94 1874 0 Texas
Shorter v. Urquhart 28 Ala. 360 1856 0 Trover Alabama
Shorter v. Rozier 3 Md. 238 1794 0 Maryland
Shorter v. Cobb 39 Ga. 285 1869 0 Slave Contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Shorter v. Boswell 2 H. & J. 359 1806 0 Maryland
Shockley v. Traverse 2 Del. Cas. 673 1821 0 Question of whether an illegal exportation of an enslaved woman who was freed at a time but sold prior to that period Delaware
Shober v. Robinson 6 N.C. 33 1811 0 Action of covenant North Carolina
Shiver v. Brock 55 N.C. 137 1855 0 Descent and distribution North Carolina
Shivers v. Palmer 14 Ga. 342 1853 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Shivers v. Latimer 20 Ga. 737 1856 0 Will and trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Shivers v. Goar 40 Ga. 676 1870 0 Construction of will Supreme Court of Georgia
Shirley v. Shattuck 28 Miss. 13 1854 0 Transfer of enslaved persons as trust property Mississippi