Though the heavens may fall : the landmark trial that led to the end of human slavery / Steven M. Wise. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Da Capo Press, (c)2005.Description: xvi, 282 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
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  • unmediated
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  • KD379.W813.T468 2005
  • KD379
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Contents:
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.
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Withdrawn G. Allen Fleece Library WITHDRAWN Non-fiction KD379.S669W57 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Not for loan 31923001106216

"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.

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