Case Name ▲ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Seville v. Chretien 5 Mart. (o.s.) 275 1817 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, res judicata, witness testimony, Louisiana
Sewall v. Henry 9 Ala. 24 1846 0 Detinue Alabama
Sewell v. Cooper 21 La. Ann. 582 1869 0 Secured transactions Louisiana
Shangle v. Runk 17 N.J.L. 372 1840 Will & trust New Jersey
Shannon v. McMullin 66 Va. 211 1874 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Sharman v. Jackson 30 Ga. 224 1860 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Sharpe v. Campbell 46 N.C. 520 1854 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Sharp v. Burns & Coles 35 Ala. 653 1860 0 Action for Goods Sold and Delivered Alabama
Sharp v. Maxwell 30 Miss. 589 1856 0 What qualifies as separate estate of husband and wife Mississippi
Shaw v. Brown 42 Miss. 309 1868 0 Proving emancipation of enslaved people carried out of state by emancipation Mississippi
Shaw v. McBride 56 N.C. 173 1857 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Shaw v. Shaw 25 Tenn. 418 1846 0 Tennessee
Shearer v. Smith 35 Tex. 427 1872 0 Texas
Sheffield v. Gordon 34 Tex. 530 1871 0 Texas
Shelby v. Guy 24 U.S. 361 1826 0 Wills & Estates United States
Shelfer v. Gooding 47 N.C. 175 1855 0 Action of slander North Carolina
Shelton v. Baldwin 26 Miss. 439 1853 0 Right to proceeds from the sale of a runaway Mississippi
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
Shepard v. Wright 58 N.C. 20 1859 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina