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Case Name ▲ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Shelton v. Barbour 2 Va. 64 1795 0 Action of trespass, assault and battery, & false imprisonment SC of Appeals VA
Shelton v. Johnson 36 Tenn. 672 1857 0 Tennessee
Shelton v. Shelton 1 Va. 53 1791 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Shelton v. Ward 5 Va. 538 1799 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Shelton v. Yancy 12 N.C. 370 1828 0 Action of replevin North Carolina
Shepard v. Wright 58 N.C. 20 1859 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Shepherd v. Henderson 44 Va. 367 1846 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Shepherd v. Nabors 6 Ala. 631 1844 0 Recovery for damages Alabama
Shepherd v. Percy 4 Mart. (n.s.) 267 1826 0 Sales, property, community property, property, fraud Louisiana
Shepherd v. Sawyer 6 N.C. 26 1811 0 Insurance North Carolina
Sheppard's Executor v. Starke 17 Va. 29 1811 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Sheppards v. Turpin 3 Gratt. 373 1847 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Sheppard v. Melloy 12 Ala. 561 1847 0 Levy on enslaved person Alabama
Sheppard v. Sheppard 22 Ga. 426 1857 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Sheppard v. Thomas 26 Ark. 617 1871 0 Intepretation of contract of sale of enslaved persons Arkansas
Sheppard v. Whitfield 50 Ga. 311 1873 0 slave debt Supreme Court of Georgia
Shepperd v. Ex'r of Murdock 7 N.C. 218 1819 0 Mortgages/Deeds North Carolina
Sheriff v. Negroes Charles 12 Md. 280 1858 0 0 Maryland
Sherill v. Parrott 26 Ga. 388 1858 0 Possessory Warrant Supreme Court of Georgia
Sherman v. Commonwealth 55 Va. 677 1858 0 Writ of Error SC of Appeals VA