Case Name ▼ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Lewis v. City of New Orleans 12 La. Ann. 190 1857 0 Negligence, death and imprisonment of enslaved person, police misconduct Louisiana
Lewis v. Cartwright 7 La. 186 1844 0 Freedom suit, conflict of laws Louisiana
Lewen v. Stone 3 Ala. 485 1842 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Levy v. Wise 15 La. Ann. 38 1860 0 Contracts, Sureties, Property Louisiana
Levi v. Bar 1 Del. Cas. 120 1797 0 Petition for freedom; Denied Delaware
Levistone v. Bona 4 Rob. 459 1843 0 Mortgages, debts, fraud, seizure, sales, recordation, promissory notes Louisiana
Letty & Child v. Lowe 2 D.C. 634 1825 0 Freedom Petition United States
Lester v. Vick 49 Tenn. 476 1871 0 Tennessee
Lessee of Sword v. Adams 3 Yeates 34 1800 0 Will & trust SC of PA.
Lessee of Hall v. Vandegrift 3 Binn. 374 1811 0 Will & trust SC of PA.
Lessee of Conoway v. Piper 3 Del. 482 1842 0 Transferance of two enslaved individual to two different children Delaware
Leslie's Ex'or v. Briggs 32 Va. 6 1834 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Leroy M. Wiley, Parish & Co. v. Smith 3 Ga. 551 1847 0 Will and testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Leonora v. Scott 8 La. Ann. 460 1853 0 Emancipation, wills Louisiana
Leonora v. Scott 10 La. Ann. 651 1855 0 Heirs, manumission, wills Louisiana
Lemon v. Wright 31 Ga. 317 1860 0 Action of conversion of a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Lemon v. Reynolds 19 Va. 552 1817 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Lemmon v. People 20 N.Y. 562 1859 0 Recovery for slaves Court of Appeals of New York
Lemmond v. Peoples 41 N.C. 137 1849 0 Trusts North Carolina
Leiper v. Hoffman 26 Miss. 615 1853 0 Formerly enslaved woman's right to property bequeathed to her Mississippi