Joseph Knight (slave)
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title:
Joseph Knight (slave)
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Joseph Knight was a man born in Guinea and there seized into slavery. It appears that the captain of the ship which brought him to Jamaica there sold him to John Wedderburn of Ballindean, Scotland. Wedderburn had Knight serve in his household, and took him along when he returned to Scotland in 1769. On Knight leaving his service, Wedderburn had him arrested and brought before the local justices of the peace. Inspired by Somersett's Case (1772), in which the courts had held that slavery did not e
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Enslaved West African who gained freedom in Scotland
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Knight_(slave)
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2023-10-09T22:41:05Z
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