Though the Heavens may Fall : : the Landmark Trial That led to the end of Human Slavery
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"A Merloyd Lawrence book."
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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PUBLISHED
Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, c2005.
Year Published: 2005
Description: xvi, 282 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0738206954 (hardcover : alk. paper) :
SUBJECTS
Sommersett, James -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Slavery -- History -- England -- 18th century.