Pearne v Lisle (1749) Amb 75, 27 ER 47, was a significant English legal case concerning the status of enslaved Africans under English common law. Presided over by Lord Chancellor Hardwicke (formerly Philip Yorke), the case effectively established a strong judicial precedent that enslaved Black people were legal property (chattels) within the jurisdiction of England.
Pearne v Lisle (1749) Amb 75, 27 ER 47, was a significant English legal case concerning the status of enslaved Africans under English common law. Presided over by Lord Chancellor Hardwicke (formerly Philip Yorke), the case effectively established a strong judicial precedent that enslaved Black people were legal property (chattels) within the jurisdiction of England.
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