LAWS 2601 Study Guide - Final Guide: Code Noir, 18S Ribosomal Rna, Habeas Corpus
22 Nov 2017
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The slave castles : ghana, cape coast and elmina. What drove the slave trade: markets: slave trade brought economic prosperity and growth to. 1685 and 1724) likened slaves to personal property and made various stipulations about slavery - influenced the practice of slavery in new. France, even though the law was not entrenched or formally adopted. Facts of sommersett"s case: habeus corpus: escaped slave recaptured and on placed on a hulk bound for jamaica". Was the property" of charles stuart, a customs officer from. Three english persons petitioned for his release: granville sharp, was the real backer (abolitionist who used test litigation). Argument: while slavery permitted in colonial laws" not permitted by the common law of england and not recognized in any. Moreover, an affront to the liberty of englishmen: not allowed to enslave oneself. stuart argued that the law of property was paramount.
