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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 $aCambridge, MA :$bDa Capo Press,$cc2005.
300 $axvi, 282 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
500 $a"A Merloyd Lawrence book."
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 227-268) and index.
505 0 $aFrom 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.
520 $aThe author examines the trail and of James Sommerset, a black slave, whose court decision set in motion events that would lead to the abolition of slavery in England and the United States.
520 $aContains primary source material.
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