Image Text 140 Items Copy of proceedings, Feb. 7, 1772, in the court of the King's Bench, London, in the case of James Sommersett, 1772 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. View Item
Text An Account of the 1st and 2nd Motions for judgement against Stapylton, June 17, 1771, page [8] View Item
Text An Account of the 1st and 2nd Motions for judgement against Stapylton, June 17, 1771, page [7] View Item
Text An Account of the 1st and 2nd Motions for judgement against Stapylton, June 17, 1771, page [6] View Item
Text An Account of the 1st and 2nd Motions for judgement against Stapylton, June 17, 1771, page [5] View Item
Text An Account of the 1st and 2nd Motions for judgement against Stapylton, June 17, 1771, page [4] View Item
Text An Account of the 1st and 2nd Motions for judgement against Stapylton, June 17, 1771, page [3] View Item
Text An Account of the 1st and 2nd Motions for judgement against Stapylton, June 17, 1771, page [2] View Item
Text An Account of the 1st and 2nd Motions for judgement against Stapylton, June 17, 1771, page [1] View Item
Text "The Proceedings in the Cause of… Thomas Lewis against Stapylton and others," February 20, 1771, page 79 View Item
Text "The Proceedings in the Cause of… Thomas Lewis against Stapylton and others," February 20, 1771, page 78 View Item
Text "The Proceedings in the Cause of… Thomas Lewis against Stapylton and others," February 20, 1771, page 77 View Item
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Text "The Proceedings in the Cause of… Thomas Lewis against Stapylton and others," February 20, 1771, page 75 [sic] Page 75 repeated in the numbering. View Item
Text "The Proceedings in the Cause of… Thomas Lewis against Stapylton and others," February 20, 1771, page 75 View Item
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Text "The Proceedings in the Cause of… Thomas Lewis against Stapylton and others," February 20, 1771, page 68 [sic] Page 67 omitted in the numbering. View Item
Text "The Proceedings in the Cause of… Thomas Lewis against Stapylton and others," February 20, 1771, page 66 View Item
Text "The Proceedings in the Cause of… Thomas Lewis against Stapylton and others," February 20, 1771, page 65 View Item
Text "The Proceedings in the Cause of… Thomas Lewis against Stapylton and others," February 20, 1771, page 64 View Item