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050 0 0 _aKD 379.S669
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090 _aKD 379 .S669 W57 2005
100 1 _aWise, Steven M.
245 1 0 _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 1 0 _aSommersett, James
_vTrials, litigation, etc.
650 0 _aSlavery
_xLaw and legislation
_zEngland
_xHistory
_y18th century.
650 0 _aSlavernij.
650 0 _aProcessen (rechtspraak)
856 4 1 _3Table of contents
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip053/2004025346 .html
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