Key term for OCR GCSE History A, used in Migration to Britain c.1000–2010.
A 1772 legal case where Lord Mansfield ruled that an enslaved person could not be forcibly removed from England; it was seen as a major step toward abolition on English soil.
Somerset v. Stewart (1772) appears in OCR GCSE History A revision content for British Thematic Studies, especially Migration to Britain c.1000–2010 and Migration c.1500–1900.
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