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Though The Heavens May Fall

The Landmark Trial That Led To The End Of Human Slavery

by Steven M. Wise

2005 282 pages eng

"Perhaps no trial changed the course of history as much as one that took place in London in 1772: the case of James Somerset, a black man rescued from a ship bound for the West Indies slave markets. At this landmark trial, two encompassing worldviews clashed in an event of passionate drama and far-r…

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