Question

The Somerset case: a. ruled that slavery was unlawful in England. b. ended the importation of slaves into the United States. c. set the precedent that fugitive slaves had to be returned to their masters. d. used the language of liberty to rule that free blacks could own property. e. freed slaves from the ship Amistad.

Answer 1

Answer: Option (A) is correct.

Step-by-step explanation:

The case of Somerset v Stewart in year 1772 which also known as Somerset's case is referred to as a famous judgment given by the Court under the regime of King Bench on the issue of human rights and labour law, under which it upheld that slavery in general was punishable and unsupported by common law stated in the legislature of England and Wales, whereas the position on the same topic elsewhere in that era of British Empire was still pretty ambiguous.