Though the Heavens May Fall: The Landmark Trial That Led to the End of Human Slavery

by WISE, Steven M.

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(Cambridge, MA): Da Capo Press, (2005). Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. 282pp. Dual-tone paper boards. Illustrated with black and white plates. Fine in a fine dust jacket. A look at the 1772 trial in London of James Somerset, a black man rescued from a ship bound for the West Indies slave..... More

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