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Case Name ▼ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Lightfoot v. Strother 36 Va. 163 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Lightfoot v. Strahan 7 Ala. 444 1845 0 Alabama
Lightfoot v. Lightfoot's Executor 27 Ala. 351 1855 0 Alabama
Lightfoot v. Lightfoot 1 Va. Col. Dec. 193 1732 0 General Ct. of VA
Lightfoot’s Executors v. Colgin 19 Va. 42 1813 0 SC of Appeals VA
Lide v. Lide's Adm'r 32 Ala. 449 1858 0 Alabama
Lewis v. Woodfolk 61 Tenn. 25 1872 0 Tennessee
Lewis v. Wilkins 62 N.C. 303 1868 0 North Carolina
Lewis v. Thornton 20 Va. 87 1818 0 SC of Appeals VA
Lewis v. Thompson 12 Va. 100 1808 0 SC of Appeals VA
Lewis v. State 1 Mor. St. Cas. 392 1872 0 Mississippi
Lewis v. State 30 Ala. 54 1857 0 Alabama
Lewis v. State 17 Miss. 115 1847 0 Mississippi
Lewis v. State 41 Miss. 686 1868 0 Mississippi
Lewis v. State 35 Ala. 380 1860 0 Alabama
Lewis v. Starke 18 Miss. 120 1848 0 Mississippi
Lewis v. Spalding 2 D.C. 68 1812 0 United States
Lewis v. Smith 20 N.C. 326 1839 0 North Carolina
Lewis v. Smith 23 N.C. 145 1840 0 North Carolina
Lewis v. Simonton 27 Tenn. 185 1847 0 Tennessee