TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wise,Steven M
TI  - Though the heavens may fall: the landmark trial that led to the end of human slavery 
AV  - KD379.W813.T468 2005 
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Cambridge, Massachusetts
PB  - Da Capo Press
KW  - Sommersett, James
KW  - Slavery
KW  - Law and legislation
KW  - England
KW  - History
KW  - 18th century
N1  - "A Merloyd Lawrence book."; 1 (pages 227-268) and index; 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; 2
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip053/2004025346.html
ER  -