Case Name ▲ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Southern Life Insurance & Trust Co. v. Lanier 5 Fla. 110 1853 0 Slaves and Land for Security of Payment Supreme Court of FL
Southern Pacific Railroad v. Dial 25 Tex. 681 1860 0 Texas
Souther v. Commonwealth 7 Gratt. 673 1851 0 First-degree murder General Ct. of VA
South v. Solomon 20 Va. 12 1817 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
South Western Co. v. Thomason 40 Ga 408 1869 0 Equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
South-Western Railroad v. Paulk 24 Ga. 356 1858 0 Georgia
South-western Railroad v. Pickett 36 Ga. 85 1867 0 Trover Action Supreme Courr of Georgia
Sowell v. Barrett 45 N.C. 50 1852 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Sowell v. Cox 10 Rob. 68 1845 0 Mortgages, community property, promissory notes, sales, seizure, obligations, contracts, privileges Louisiana
Sowell v. Sowell's Adm'r 41 Ala. 359 1867 0 Probate dispute Alabama
Spalding v. Grigg 4 Ga. 75 1848 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Spalding v. Taylor 1 La. Ann. 195 1846 0 Damages, ngeligence, runaway enslaved person, witness testimony, conflict of laws Louisiana
Sparkes v. Kearney 55 N.C. 481 1856 0 Trusts North Carolina
Sparkman v. Daughtry 35 N.C. 168 1851 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Sparks v. Messick 65 N.C. 440 1871 0 Bill of Sale North Carolina
Spears v. Shropshire 10 La. Ann. 218 1855 0 Marital property, conflict of laws, successions Louisiana
Spears v. Shropshire 11 La. Ann. 559 1856 0 Contracts, marital property Louisiana
Spear v. Walkley 10 Ala. 328 1846 0 Will & trust Alabama
Spedden v. State ex rel. Marshall 3 H. & J. 251 1811 0 Maryland
Speer v. Tinsley 55 Ga. 89 1875 0 Guardian settlement Supreme Court of Georgia