Though the heavens may fall : the landmark trial that led to the end of human slavery /
by Wise, Steven M.
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BookPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, c2005Description: xvi, 282 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0738206954.Subject(s): Sommersett, James | Slavery -- England -- Law and legislation -- HistoryOnline resources: Table of contents
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Summary: Examines the late eighteenth-century ruling by Lord Mansfield in London that set the precedent for abolishing slavery in both England and America and examines the legal and social effects among those who supported the institution.
From Africa to Westminster Hall -- Black slaves in England -- Granville Sharp meets Jonathan Strong -- Granville Sharp, abolitionist -- The John Hylas test case -- The next test-Thomas Lewis -- Lord Mansfield -- Lewis v. Stapylton begins -- Sharp fails again -- A struggle for the body of James Somerset -- Lord Mansfield is deceived -- "Upon what principle is it that a man can become a dog for another man?" -- "Fluorishing away on the side of liberty" -- The death of the joint opinion -- "All we can do is declare the law" -- The Mansfield judgment -- Versions of the Mansfield judgment -- Ripples of liberty -- Second thoughts -- The beginning of the end of human slavery.
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"A Merloyd Lawrence book."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-268) and index.
From Africa to Westminster Hall -- Black slaves in England -- Granville Sharp meets Jonathan Strong -- Granville Sharp, abolitionist -- The John Hylas test case -- The next test-Thomas Lewis -- Lord Mansfield -- Lewis v. Stapylton begins -- Sharp fails again -- A struggle for the body of James Somerset -- Lord Mansfield is deceived -- "Upon what principle is it that a man can become a dog for another man?" -- "Fluorishing away on the side of liberty" -- The death of the joint opinion -- "All we can do is declare the law" -- The Mansfield judgment -- Versions of the Mansfield judgment -- Ripples of liberty -- Second thoughts -- The beginning of the end of human slavery.
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Examines the late eighteenth-century ruling by Lord Mansfield in London that set the precedent for abolishing slavery in both England and America and examines the legal and social effects among those who supported the institution.
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