Extinction of Villenage And Slavery in England With Somersets Case
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In another case, before the same chief justice, the action was trespass for taking unum JEthiopem, Anglice vocatum (" a 12 VILLENAGE.
negro "), of the plaintiff, of the value of a hundred pounds. Upon- the trial, it appeared that the negro had been a slave in Barbadoes ; had been assigned to the widow of his owner as dower out of her husband's real estate, according to the law of Barbadoes ; that she had brought him to England, where she died, leaving the negro, who was now claimed by the heir ...of his former owner. The jury found as a special verdict, " that the negro had been baptized after taking him " from Barbadoes ; and the case was argued upon the point, whether, by such baptism, he had become free. The counsel for the defence said, that, " being baptized according to the rite of the church, he is thereby made a Christian ; and Chris- tianity is inconsistent with slavery. " He refers, by way of analogy, to the case of the Turks : " They do not make slaves of their own religion, though taken in war ; and if a Christian be so taken, yet if he renounce Christianity, and turn Maho- metan, he doth thereby obtain his freedom.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
In another case, before the same chief justice, the action was trespass for taking unum JEthiopem, Anglice vocatum (" a 12 VILLENAGE.
negro "), of the plaintiff, of the value of a hundred pounds. Upon- the trial, it appeared that the negro had been a slave in Barbadoes ; had been assigned to the widow of his owner as dower out of her husband's real estate, according to the law of Barbadoes ; that she had brought him to England, where she died, leaving the negro, who was now claimed by the heir ...of his former owner. The jury found as a special verdict, " that the negro had been baptized after taking him " from Barbadoes ; and the case was argued upon the point, whether, by such baptism, he had become free. The counsel for the defence said, that, " being baptized according to the rite of the church, he is thereby made a Christian ; and Chris- tianity is inconsistent with slavery. " He refers, by way of analogy, to the case of the Turks : " They do not make slaves of their own religion, though taken in war ; and if a Christian be so taken, yet if he renounce Christianity, and turn Maho- metan, he doth thereby obtain his freedom.
What to read after Extinction of Villenage And Slavery in England With Somersets Case?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Emory Washburn to read onlineMoreLess
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