[Copy of proceedings, Feb. 7, 1772, in the court of the King's Bench, London, in the case of James Sommersett], [1772].

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[Copy of proceedings, Feb. 7, 1772, in the court of the King's Bench, London, in the case of James Sommersett], [1772].

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Granville Sharp's copy of part of the court proceedings in the 1772 case of James Sommersett, a slave from Virginia belonging to Charles Stewart. The case was heard in the Court of King's Bench, London, before Lord Chief Justice Mansfield and three other Justices. Granville Sharp involved himself in the case, and it was the subsequent decision of the court that a slave became free upon entering England. The manuscript contains the arguments for Sommersett of William Davy and John Glynn, and ends with Mansfield adjourning the proceedings to the following term. Bookplate of James Chaffin on front pastedown.

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