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Case Name ▲ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Succession of Senac 2 Rob. 258 1842 0 Successions, legitimacy, wills, property, emancipation Louisiana
Succession of Sinnott 3 La. Ann. 175 1848 0 Emancipation, wills, property, usufruct, sales, mortgages, legacies Louisiana
Succession of Stafford 12 La. 178 1845 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, successions, sales Louisiana
Succession of Steele 7 La. Ann. 111 1852 0 Successions, sales, property, homologation Louisiana
Succession of Taylor 25 La. Ann. 446 1873 0 Property, Heir dispute Louisiana
Succession of Taylor v. Taylor 15 La. Ann. 313 1860 0 Wills, Marriages of enslaved persons Louisiana
Succession of Wilder 22 La. Ann. 219 1870 0 Marriage contract, property Louisiana
Sugg v. Burgess 2 Stew. 509 1830 0 Levy on execution of a negro Alabama
Sullivant v. State 8 Ark. 400 1848 0 Indictment for rape Arkansas
Sullivan v. Hadley 16 Ark. 129 1855 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Summerall v. Thoms 3 Fla. 298 1850 0 Recovery of a Slave Supreme Court of FL
Summers v. Bean 54 Va. 404 1856 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Summers v. Wilson 42 Tenn. 469 1865 0 Tennessee
Surviving Partners of Massey v. M'Dowell 20 N.C. 120 1838 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Sutherland v. Goff 5 Port. 508 1837 0 Negligent Care of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Sutton's Will 2 Del. Cas. 364 1817 0 Will of an enslaved woman; not at issue in the case Delaware
Sutton v. Crain 10 G. & J. 458 1839 0 Maryland
Sutton v. Hollowell 13 N.C. 185 1829 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Swails v. Bushart 39 Tenn. 561 1859 0 Tennessee
Swain v. Rascoe 25 N.C. 200 1842 0 Action of detinue North Carolina