Category
page 1Slavery in England

weregild
thumb|upright=1.5|Image of a murder by a minor and the subsequent paying of wergild, in Heidelberger Sachsenspiegel Cgm 165 fol. 11r. This is one of the only images of wergild payment from the Middle Ages.
Somerset v Stewart
judgment of the English Court of King's Bench in 1772