Confederate "Heritage" Month 2023, April 10: The Somerset (Mansfield) Decision of 1772 and the American Revolution
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One of the arguments used to support the notion that preserving slavery was a key motivation for the American Revolution has to do with the 1772 decision by William Murray, First Earl of Mansfield, in the case of Somerset vs. Stuart in Britain’s highest count, the King’s Court Bench. It “decided only that an escaping slave [James Somerset] could not be forcibly removed from England for retributive punishment in a colony.”
Confederate "Heritage" Month 2023, April 10: The Somerset (Mansfield) Decision of 1772 and the American Revolution
Confederate "Heritage" Month 2023, April 10…
Confederate "Heritage" Month 2023, April 10: The Somerset (Mansfield) Decision of 1772 and the American Revolution
One of the arguments used to support the notion that preserving slavery was a key motivation for the American Revolution has to do with the 1772 decision by William Murray, First Earl of Mansfield, in the case of Somerset vs. Stuart in Britain’s highest count, the King’s Court Bench. It “decided only that an escaping slave [James Somerset] could not be forcibly removed from England for retributive punishment in a colony.”