Publication

2004-12-14 - Harper Paperbacks

Language

English

Word Count

96,000 words, Guess

Page Count

384 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100060959118
  • ISBN-139780060959111
  • Goodreads1240121
  • LibraryThing1159494
  • Better World Books9780060959111
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First Sentence

In 1772, Lord Mansfield, the chief justice of the King's Bench, adjudicated the case of James Somersett, an African slave who had been brought by his master from Virginia to England.

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