Join Student Engagement as we honor Black History Month by highlighting former slaves who went on to impact America.

Although there are no known quotes by Somerset, he has become known as the slave who ended slavery and nicknamed “the runaway slave.”

James Somerset is known as the slave who started freedom for slaves in Great Britain. Somerset’s slave case is known as England’s most famous court case, as this case was the legal battle has become known as the case that freed slaves in Great Britain (Somerset v Stewart).

You can learn more about James Somerset and other great Americans by visiting nationalhumanitiescenter.org