Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Chief-Justice Mansfield” in entry slavery of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:
... was taken from Virginia to England, where he refused to serve his master any longer.
Stewart caused him to be arrested and put on board a vessel to be conveyed to Jamaica.
Being brought before Chief-Justice Mansfield on a writ of habeas corpus (December, 1771), his
case was referred to the full court, where it was argued for the slave by the great philanthropist, Granville Sharp.
The decision would affect t...
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