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	Abolitionism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		They were not bought or sold, and their legal status was unclear until 1772, when the case of a runaway slave named James Somerset forced a legal decision.
		While in London Somerset had been baptised and his godparents issued a writ of habeas corpus.
		After reading of the Somerset case, a fl slave in Scotland, Joseph Knight, left his master, John Wedderburn.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Abolitionism (3939 words)

	knitty.com
		Beginning with a gift from a draper named James A. Smith, the Prince began to wear Fair Isle sweaters to golfing events, during his globe-trotting public relations trips, and even for a portrait painted by John St. Helier Lander.
		James Norbury was a true Renaissance man in the world of knitting.
		Norbury took his knitting seriously, and insisted there was a right and wrong way to do everything, claiming, for example, that needles should be 13 inches long or more, the right one should be tucked under the arm and the left should do all the work.
	www.knitty.com /ISSUEsummer05/FEATtopten.html (2024 words)

	HighBeam Encyclopedia - Raglan, Fitzroy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		RAGLAN, FITZROY JAMES HENRY SOMERSET, 1ST BARON [Raglan, Fitzroy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron] 1788-1855, British general.
		He entered the army in 1804 and was made (1814) a lieutenant colonel for his services on the duke of Wellington's staff in the Peninsular War.
		Find newspaper and magazine articles plus images and maps related to "Raglan, Fitzroy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron" at HighBeam.
	encyclopedia.infonautics.com /html/R/Raglan-F.asp (296 words)

	The PURPORTED Descent of Thomas Sim(m)s
		This document is an effort to set forth the descent from the Somerset, England, Symes (Sims) family--believed by a number of genealogists to be the most probable ancestors of Thomas Sim(m)s of Culpeper.
		The Symes family in Somerset was documented as early as 1623 in the Visitation of Somerset, and that Symes pedigree was published in 1876 in Harleian Society Publications, volume XI, 4 p.
		That leaves Andrew Sims of Accomac as a possible ancestor of Robert of Accomac, Thomas of Northampton and Somerset, Walter of Somerset, Northumberland and Old Rappahannock, and William of Richmond County.
	users.rcn.com /lsimms21/tsdescent.html (7241 words)

	Maine Animal Coalition : Books for Adults
		But whether he was trying to geld a spooked stallion in a blizzard or found himself in the middle of an all-out fracas involving a monkey’s abscessed tooth and a shotgun, Dr. Brown took it in stride, with great affection for his four-legged patients as well as his two-legged clients.
		The 1772 London trial of James Somerset, rescued from a ship bound for the West Indies slave markets, was a decisive turning point in history.
		In a gripping narrative of Somerset's trial-and of the slave trials that led up to it-he sets the stage for the unexpected decision by the famously conservative judge, Lord Mansfield, which would lead to the abolition of slavery, both in England and the United States, and the end of the African slave trade.
	www.maineanimalcoalition.org /artman/publish/article_396.shtml (3753 words)

	Learn more about Slavery in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Moses led Israelite slaves from ancient Egypt in the Biblical Book of Exodus - possibly the first detailed account of a movement to free slaves, although clearly not accepted at face value as real history in all particulars.
		In England in 1772 the case of a runaway slave named James Somerset came before the Lord Chief Justice Lord Mansfield.
		Basing his judgement on Magna Carta and habeas corpus he declared - "Whatever inconveniences, therefore, may follow from a decision, I cannot say this case is allowed or approved by the law of England; and therefore the fl must be discharged.".
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /s/sl/slavery.html (4196 words)

	roleplaying tips for roleplayers and gamemaster roleplaying advice for all roleplaying systems and rpgs
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		[Johnn: Sounds like a fun encounter you've got planned, James.
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	www.roleplayingtips.com /issue272.asp (4551 words)

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