The case of James Somersett

Additional names

Somerset v Stewart

Commentary

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The Somerset case Case history

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William Wiecek, University of Chicago (1974)
Somerset: Lord Mansfield and the Legitimacy of Slavery in the Anglo-American World Journal article

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