1772년 영국 서머셋 재판(The Somerset Case) 판결의 실제와 대중적 이미지 연구 = The Somerset Case in 1772: the Contents of the Written Judgement and Its Popular Images

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study scrutinizes the space between a written judgement of the Somerset case and people’s understanding of it. It also analyzes the reasons why this difference arose and their contributions to the development of the antislavery discourses. The Somerset case has been conceived significant as it answered two main issues which the British courts had not replied yet until the 1770s: the nature of masters’ rights to slaves and legitimacy of slavery in Britain. However, it also has historical importance in that popular image of the ruling was quite different from Mansfield’s intention, but this perception still affects the developmental process of the antislavery movement.
The gap between the actual contents of Mansfield’s decision and its popular image is mainly caused by the antislavery features of the document. Legal commentaries which emphasized the factors against slavery in this paper became prevalent and it also played an important role in widening this gap. Like many other historical documents, the ruling of the Somerset case became a living thing, independent from its original meaning and was accepted with diverse intentions and used by people for various purposes. This reflects that imagined reality as well as historical reality can affect the direction of the historical development at the same time.

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