Somerset v. Stewart: Dawn of Abolitionism
How We Became America: The Untold Story
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James Somerset was an enslaved man who was taken taken to London in the eighteenth century. His friends decided to challenge whether slavery was legal through the English courts - the result changed perceptions of slavery forever. (Runtime 2:44)
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