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2 giorni fa · In 1772, prior to the American Revolution, the Somerset v Stewart decision freed James Somerset, a slave whose master had forcibly detained him to be sold abroad, followed by Knight v. Wedderburn in Scotland in 1778. This decision, in turn, influenced the colony of Nova Scotia.
4 giorni fa · Freda Ahenakew (1932–2011, Canada/Newfoundland), wr. & academic; Cecelia Ahern (b. 1981, Ireland), nv.; Catharina Ahlgren (1734 – c. 1800, Sweden), feminist wr ...
5 giorni fa · Alexander Fordyce (died 1789), banker, involved in the bank run on Neal, James, Fordyce and Down in 1772; Hugh Fraser (1817–1853), founder of House of Fraser group of department stores; Anita Margaret Frew (born 1957), businessperson; Martin Gilbert (born 1955), Chief Executive of Aberdeen Asset Management
1 giorno fa · Poland–Lithuania, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania [b] and also referred to as the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth [c] or the First Polish Republic, [d] [9] [10] was a federative real union [11] of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania between 1569 and 1795.
2 giorni fa · Slavery had never been authorized by statute within England and Wales, and in 1772, in the case Somerset v Stewart, Lord Mansfield declared that it was also unsupported within England by the common law.
16 set 2024 · Le Tricolore, the national flag of France. This list includes flags that either have been in use or are currently used by France, French Overseas Collectivites, the Sui Generis Collectivity and the French Overseas Territory.
2 giorni fa · Artists conception of Town Creek Indian Mound during the late Town Creek-early Leak phases circa 1350 CE. The earliest discovered human settlements in what eventually became North Carolina are found at the Hardaway Site near the town of Badin in the south-central part of the state.
