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Case Name ▼ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Davis v. Loftin 6 Tex. 489 1851 0 Bill of sale dispute Texas
Davis v. L. & N. R. R. 108 Ala. 660 1895 1 Alabama
Davis v. Leighton 80 Fla. 594 1920 1 Florida
Davis v. Lee 20 La. 248 1868 0 Wills, Property Louisiana
Davis v. Le Blanc 149 So. 2d 252 1963 1 Louisiana
Davis v. Lassiter 20 Ala. 561 1852 0 Action to indemnify enslaved person Alabama
Davis v. Lanier 47 N.C. 307 1855 1 North Carolina
Davis v. Landcraft 10 W. Va. 718 1877 1 West Virginia
Davis v. Knoxville 90 Tenn. 599 1891 1 Tennessee
Davis v. Kirksey 14 Tex. Civ. App. 380 1896 1 Texas
Davis v. King 89 N.C. 441 1883 1 North Carolina
Davis v. Kennedy 58 Tex. 516 1883 1 Texas
Davis v. Kendall 130 Va. 175 1921 1 Virginia
Davis v. Keen 142 N.C. 496 1906 1 North Carolina
Davis v. Jenkins 236 N.C. 283 1952 1 North Carolina
Davis v. Jeffris 5 S.D. 352 1894 1 South Dakota
Davis v. Janin 3 La. Ann. 712 1848 0 Sales, promissory notes, runaway enslaved person, redhibition Louisiana
Davis v. Jacquin & Pomerait 5 H. & J. 100 1820 0 Maryland
Davis v. Jackson 14 W. Va. 227 1878 1 West Virginia
Davis v. Irwin 8 Ga. 153 1850 0 Surplus of slaves Supreme Court of Georgia