Somerset v Stewart
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Somerset v Stewart was a 1772 slave case in British courts which resulted in a clear recognition that slavery was unauthorized by English common law.
Hypocritically, Somersett's Case was applied only to the mainland and not to any of the British Empire's colonial possessions.[1]
