Unit 3
Grades 9-10
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Somerset v Stewart: A Narrow Ruling, Widely Misunderstood
James Somerset, born around 1741 in West Africa and enslaved as a child, was purchased in Virginia by Charles Stewart, a customs officer who brought Somerset to England in 1769. In October 1771, Somerset escaped; recaptured the following month, he was imprisoned aboard a ship…
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