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Case Name ▲ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Shepherd v. Nabors 6 Ala. 631 1844 0 Recovery for damages Alabama
Shepherd v. Sawyer 6 N.C. 26 1811 0 Insurance North Carolina
Shepperd v. Ex'r of Murdock 7 N.C. 218 1819 0 Mortgages/Deeds North Carolina
Sherman v. Russell 4 N.C. 467 1814 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Sherrill v. Echard 29 N.C. 161 1846 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Shields v. Anderson 30 Va. 729 1832 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Shine v. Redwine 30 Ga. 780 1860 0 Legal contractual dispute over slaves Suprem Court of Georgia
Shirley v. Elizabeth 27 Va. 764 1827 0 Motion to dissolve injunction SC of Appeals VA
Shirley v. Fearne 33 Miss. 653 1857 0 Execution of deed when multiple parties have interest Mississippi
Shirley v. Long 27 Va. 736 1827 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Shivers v. Palmer 14 Ga. 342 1853 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Shiver v. Brock 55 N.C. 137 1855 0 Descent and distribution North Carolina
Shober v. Robinson 6 N.C. 33 1811 0 Action of covenant North Carolina
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
Shorter v. Boswell 2 H. & J. 359 1806 0 Maryland
Shorter v. Rozier 3 Md. 238 1794 0 Maryland
Short v. Abernathy 42 Tex. 94 1874 0 Texas
Shotwell v. Webb 23 Miss. 375 1852 0 Agreement for purchase of enslaved persons (two separate families) Mississippi
Shue v. Turk 56 Va. 256 1859 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Sibley v. Maria 2 Fla. 553 1849 0 Dispute over Directing an Estate on Conditions Supreme Court of FL