Though the Heavens May Fall
Subtitle: The Landmark Trial That Led to the End of Human Slavery
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: February 15, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9780306814501
Subjects: British & Irish history: c 1700 to c 1900; English law: citizenship & nationality law; Slavery & emancipation; Social history; c 1700 to c 1800; History - General History; Great Britain - History - 18th Century; History; Slavery; History: World; England; Europe - Great Britain - General; Legal History; Trials, litigation, etc; General; 18th century; Law and legislation; Sommersett, James
First sentence: THE STORY HAD BEGUN twenty-three years before.