Though the heavens may fall : the landmark trial that led to the end of human slavery /
Wise, Steven M,
Though the heavens may fall : the landmark trial that led to the end of human slavery / [print] Steven M. Wise. - Cambridge, Massachusetts : Da Capo Press, (c)2005. - xvi, 282 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
"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 volume 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.
2004025346
Sommersett, James--Trials, litigation, etc.
Slavery--Law and legislation--History--England--18th century.
KD379.W813.T468 2005 KD379
Though the heavens may fall : the landmark trial that led to the end of human slavery / [print] Steven M. Wise. - Cambridge, Massachusetts : Da Capo Press, (c)2005. - xvi, 282 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
"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 volume 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.
2004025346
Sommersett, James--Trials, litigation, etc.
Slavery--Law and legislation--History--England--18th century.
KD379.W813.T468 2005 KD379