 | Prince Hoare - 1820 - 634 halaman
...pronounced by Lord Mansfield has established the following axiom, as proposed by Mr. Serjeant Davy : — AS SOON AS ANY SLAVE SETS HIS FOOT ON ENGLISH GROUND,, HE BECOMES FREE. — A sentence to be engraved for ever on our hearts. The part taken by Mr. Sharp in the conduct of... | |
 | 1821 - 970 halaman
...Mansfield's judgment, contrary to his original feeling, established the axiom proposed by Sergeant Davy, that " as soon as any slave sets his foot on English ground he becomes free." This decision in favour of negroes was received by the people with the most obvious demonstrations... | |
 | 1821 - 682 halaman
...have most generously declined fees on this occasion, the negro was discharged, on the principle : " That as soon as any SLAVE sets his foot on English ground, he becomes FREE." After mentioning the eulogium paid by the presiding judge, to the two youung- barristers, Mr. Hargrave... | |
 | 1827 - 470 halaman
...of justice, humanity and virtue. The judgment thus pronounced has established the following axiom: as soon as any slave sets his foot on English ground, he becomes free. "Ladies' Society for the "Education o£ We copy from the last number of the Christian Observer, the... | |
 | 1833 - 548 halaman
...court, on the Habeas Corpus. And the ever-memorable result of this trial established the following axiom, that, as soon as any slave sets his foot on English ground, he becomes free." THE EDITOR'S LETTER BOX. We concur in opinion with many subscribers, as to the utility of placing all... | |
 | Job Roberts Tyson - 1834 - 86 halaman
...Leone,) may be said to owe its origin to the liberality and benevolent exertions of the cele, brated Granville Sharp. At the time when the decision of...could claim relief, they fell into great distress. culties which Liberia has encountered, are those only of all colonial settlements. Their early history... | |
 | Job Roberts Tyson - 1834 - 72 halaman
...misfortunes to which the first colonists at Sierra Leone were subjected : " This colony (Sierra Leone,) may be said to owe its origin to the liberality and...London who had been brought over by their masters. As & large proportion of these had no longer owners to support them, nor any parish from which they could... | |
 | Job Roberts Tyson - 1834 - 126 halaman
...misfortunes to which the first colonists at Sierra Leone were subjected : " This colony (Sierra Leone,) may be said to owe its origin to the liberality and...negroes in London who had been brought over by their mas. ters. As a large proportion of these had no longer owners to support them, nor any parish from... | |
 | Job Roberts Tyson - 1834 - 74 halaman
...of Lord Mansfield, in the memorable case of the negro Somerset, had established the axiom, that " an soon as any slave sets his foot on English ground,...proportion of these had no longer owners to support them, nar any parish from which they could claim relief, they fell into great distress, 24 culties which... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 258 halaman
...pronounced by Lord Mansfield, has established the following axiom, as proposed by Mr Sergeant Davy : ' As soon as any slave sets his foot on English ground, he becomes free.' A sentence to be engraved for ever on our hearts."1 On the memorable day which terminated the cause... | |
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Somerset, had established the axiom, that " as soon as any slave sets his foot on English ground, he becomes free," there were many negroes in London who had been brought over by their masters. 
