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020 $a0738206954 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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050 00 $aKD379.S669$bW57 2005
082 00 $a342.4208/7$222
100 1 $aWise, Steven M.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no00007866
245 10 $aThough the heavens may fall :$bthe landmark trial that led to the end of human slavery /$cSteven M. Wise.
260 $aCambridge, MA :$bDa Capo Press,$c[2005], ©2005.
300 $axvi, 282 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
505 00 $g1.$tFrom Africa to Westminster Hall --$g2.$tBlack slaves in England --$g3.$tGranville Sharp meets Jonathan Strong --$g4.$tGranville Sharp, abolitionist --$g5.$tJohn Hylas : the test --$g6.$tThe next test : Thomas Lewis --$g7.$tLord Mansfield --$g8.$tLewis v. Stapylton begins --$g9.$tSharp fails, again --$g10.$tThe struggle for the body of James Somerset --$g11.$tLord Mansfield is deceived --$g12.$tUpon what principle is it that a man can become a dog for another man? --$g13.$tFluorishing away on the side of liberty --$g14.$tThe death of the joint opinion --$g15.$tAll we can do is declare the law --$g16.$tThe Mansfield judgment --$g17.$tVersions of the Mansfield judgment --$g18.$tRipples of liberty --$g19.$tSecond thoughts? --$g20.$tThe beginning of the end of human slavery.
500 $a"A Merloyd Lawrence book."
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 227-268) and index.
520 1 $a"Perhaps no trial changed the course of history as much as one that took place in London in 1772: the case of James Somerset, a black man rescued from a ship bound for the West Indies slave markets. At this landmark trial, two encompassing worldviews clashed in an event of passionate drama and far-reaching significance." "Now noted legal historian Steven M. Wise recreates each moment of the case that slave owners contended would do nothing less than bring the economy of the British Empire to a crashing halt. In a narrative of Somerset's trial - and the slave trials that led up to it - Wise sets the stage for the extraordinary decision by the notoriously conservative judge, Lord Mansfield. That decision would set in motion the abolition of slavery in both England and the United States."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aSommersett, James$xTrials, litigation, etc.
650 0 $aSlavery$xLaw and legislation$zEngland$xHistory$y18th century.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip053/2004025346.html
852 00 $bglx$hKD379.S669$iW57 2005
852 00 $bbar,stor$hKD379.S669$iW57 2005