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001 2004025346
003 DLC
005 20080505131458.0
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050 00 $aKD379.S669$bW57 2005
082 00 $a342.4208/7$222
100 1 $aWise, Steven M.
245 10 $aThough the heavens may fall :$bthe landmark trial that led to the end of human slavery /$cSteven M. Wise.
260 $aCambridge, Mass. :$bDa Capo Press,$c2005.
300 $axvi, 282 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
500 $a"A Merloyd Lawrence book."
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 259-268) and index.
505 0 $aFrom Africa to Westminster Hall -- Black slaves in England -- Granville Sharp meets Jonathan Strong -- Granville Sharp, abolitionist -- John Hylas : the test -- 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.
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
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0832/2004025346-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0832/2004025346-d.html