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I wonder if the Old Bailey records would be useful? At the Lord Mansfield, James Somerset, and the Zong, a 2007 Abolition event organised by the Equiano Society @ Kenwood House, one of the attendees repeated spoke of her research into the Old Bailey records searching for cases involving Africans. Don't know if it;s since been published. Perhaps Arthur may know Regards Kwaku On 26 Nov 2012, at 09:21, Ruth Paley wrote: > Well if he/she is looking to research English court cases, he/she is > on a hiding to nothing. Believe me, I've looked (and so have > others).There are a handful of well known ones - and nowt else. > > Regards > Ruth > > > > ________________________________ > > From: The Black and Asian Studies Association on behalf of msherwood > Sent: Mon 26/11/2012 08:09 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: 'Why I Say No To 'Slavery Memorial Day'.' + Lord > Manfield's 1772 decision on enslavement? > > > > erPeople must stop propagating the myth that Lord Mansfield freed > slaves. All he did was, as Kwaku says, is prevent people from > England being exported into slavery in the 'British' West Indies. > Most of the Wikipedia article uses one book as a source for info on > Lord Mansfield and gives that totally incorrect/absurd information > on slaves being freed without providing even one reference. So just > ignore. Please be very careful when you use Wikipedia. > > > > I also agree with Kwaku that the Slavery Museum in Liverpool is > generally OK. I visited many years ago and also commented on some > captions, but I don't recall which. > > > > Later this week I am meeting with a lecturer who has applied for > funding to research slavery court cases... > > > > > > > > From: The Black and Asian Studies Association [mailto:[log in to unmask] > ] On Behalf Of BBM/BMC > Sent: 24 November 2012 18:06 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: 'Why I Say No To 'Slavery Memorial Day'...' + Lord > Manfield's 1772 decision on enslavement? > > > > Just found my open letter 'Why I Say No To 'Slavery Memorial Day'... > <http://taobq.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/a-taobq-open-letter-why-i-say-no-to.html > > ' has been published on The Weekly World: http://theweeklyworld.com/why-i-say-no-to-slavery-memorial-day-9989 > . > > > > The reason for this mail is that in my letter I comment on the > International Slavery Museum, and highlight my only issue with the > displays, which I pointed out to staff - a caption which, I believe, > stated that in 1772 Lord Mansfield declared enslavement illegal. > > > > I contend that Lord Mansfield's judgment in the Somersett case did > not definitively pronounce on the legality or illegality of > enslavement. I believe the case was about whether or not Somerstt > could be legally compelled to return to the Caribbean against his > will. > > > > What say you? > > > > I'm interested in responses that delve a bit into the legal aspects > - it throws up some interesting contract law issues, but not so > solid on the il/legality of enslavement in Britain. However, I found > a thread which references Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Murray,_1st_Earl_of_Mansfield > - cite_note-hew32-64 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Murray,_1st_Earl_of_Mansfield#cite_note-hew32-64 > > - which states that a result of Mansfield's decision "between > 14,000 and 15,000 slaves were immediately freed, some of whom > remained with their masters as paid employees." > > > > What say you? > > > > Kwaku > > www.TAOBQ.blogspot.com <http://www.taobq.blogspot.com/> > > > >