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Somerset (/ˈsʌmərsɪt, -sɛt/ SUM-ər-sit, -set),
archaically Somersetshire (/ˈsʌmərsɪt.ʃɪər, -sɛt-, -ʃər/ SUM-ər-sit-sheer, -set-, -shər) is a ceremonial...
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Somerset v
Stewart (1772) 98 ER 499 (also
known as
Sommersett v Steuart,
Somersett's case, and the
Mansfield Judgment) is a
judgment of the
English Court...
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James Somerset (c. 1741 –
after 1772) was an
African man and the
plaintiff in a
pivotal court case that
confirmed that
slavery was
illegal in
England and...
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British abolitionist movement began in the late 18th century, and the 1772
Somersett case
established that
slavery did not
exist in
English law. In 1807, the...
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status was
unclear until Somersett's Case in 1772, when the
fugitive slave James Somersett forced a
decision by the courts.
Somersett had
escaped and his master...
- Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England. They pla**** at
Goffs Lane in Cheshunt.
Somersett Football Club, a team for
former pupils of
Chase Boys
School in nearby...
- at the
beginning of 1772.
Mansfield is best
known for his
judgment in
Somersett's Case on the
legality of
keeping slaves in England. The
English had been...
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geologic estimates put it at 5.0. The
earthquakes were
centered on the
Somersett community in
western Reno near
Mogul and Verdi. Many
homes in
these areas...
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known as the "Mogul-
Somersett earthquake sequence",
occurred in or near the
western Reno, Nevada,
suburbs of
Mogul and
Somersett. The
earthquake swarm...
- "New Chains" in July 2013,
which was
inspired by the
freedom of
James Somersett. In 2011,
singer Frank Ocean was
featured on the
tracks "No
Church in...
