Difference between revisions of "James Somerset (Q491451)"
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Revision as of 12:20, 16 September 2020
HC-PER-36565
- HC-PER-36565
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James Somerset
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Statements
Sued for his freedom while living in England and was freed when the court established that enslaved persons were not bound to continued servitude if they came to England because there was no "positive law" sustaining slavery.
Slave