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Case Name ▲ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Semmes v. Sherburne 2 D.C. 637 1825 0 United States
Settle v. Settle 29 Tenn. 474 1850 0 Tennessee
Settle v. Wordlaw 4 N.C. 371 1814 0 North Carolina
Setzar v. Wilson 26 N.C. 501 1844 0 North Carolina
Sevier v. Brown 2 Swan 112 1852 0 Tennessee
Seville v. Chretien 5 Mart. (o.s.) 275 1817 0 Louisiana
Sewall v. Henry 9 Ala. 24 1846 0 Alabama
Sewell v. Cooper 21 La. Ann. 582 1869 0 Louisiana
Shangle v. Runk 17 N.J.L. 372 1840 New Jersey
Shannon v. McMullin 66 Va. 211 1874 0 SC of Appeals VA
Sharman v. Jackson 30 Ga. 224 1860 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Sharpe v. Campbell 46 N.C. 520 1854 0 North Carolina
Sharp v. Burns & Coles 35 Ala. 653 1860 0 Alabama
Sharp v. Maxwell 30 Miss. 589 1856 0 Mississippi
Shaw v. Brown 42 Miss. 309 1868 0 Mississippi
Shaw v. McBride 56 N.C. 173 1857 0 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 United States