Case Name ▼ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Sample v. Bell 44 N.C. 338 1853 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Same Case - On an Application for Re-hearing 5 La. 531 1850 0 Property, sales, theft, petitory action, marriage, contracts, recordation, evidence, prescription, conflict of laws, usufruct Louisiana
Sallust v. Ruth 25 Va. 67 1826 0 Action of assault, battery, & to recover freedom SC of Appeals VA
Salle v. Light's Exr's 4 Ala. 700 1843 0 Covenant Alabama
Sale v. Saunders 24 Miss. 24 1852 0 Right to possession of enslaved person Mississippi
Sale v. Roy 12 Va. 69 1808 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Salaun v. Relf 4 La. Ann. 575 1849 0 Judicial seizure, mortgages, privileges, subrogation, obligations Louisiana
Sadler v. Sadler 16 Ark. 628 1856 0 Title dispute Arkansas
Sadler v. Bean 9 Ark. 202 1848 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Sadler v. Anderson 17 Tex. 245 1856 0 Levy on slaves Texas
Sable v. Hitchcock 2 Johns. Cas. 79 1800 0 Contract dispute SC of New York
Ryden v. Jones 8 N.C. 497 1821 0 Sales North Carolina
Rutland v. Gleaves 1 Swan 198 1851 0 Tennessee
Ruth v. State 20 Md. 436 1864 0 Maryland
Rutherford v. Newson 30 Ga. 728 1860 0 Possessory Note Supreme Court of Georgia
Rutherford v. Newsom 36 Ga. 246 1867 0 Contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Rutherford v. Craik's executors 3 N.C. 262 1803 0 Descent & Distribution North Carolina
Russ v. Russ 9 Fla. 105 1860 0 Entitlement to a Distributive Share in Slaves Supreme Court of FL
Russ v. Jones 72 N.C. 52 1875 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Russell v. Kearney 27 Ga. 96 1859 0 Will and Testament Supreme Court of Georgia