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The poet Anna Laetitia Barbauld wrote an epistle to an opponent of this practice, saying that on Britain’s “hardest forehead seals the crime.” This practice was ruled illegal in Scotland in the court case Knight v. Wedderburn. Lord Mansfield ruled this practice (10[1])incompatible with British law (10[1])in the case (-5[1])Somerset v. Stewart, (10[4])which raised the profile of the campaigner Granville Sharp. (10[1])As propaganda against (10[1])this practice, Josiah Wedgwood (10[3])designed a medallion that featured the words “am I not a man and a brother?” This practice was made illegal (10[1])across the British Empire in 1807. For 10 points, name this practice opposed by William Wilberforce and other abolitionists. ■END■ (10[1])

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