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The POD here is that in Somerset v Stewart, Lord Mansfield rules that slavery is supported by English common law. (As for the personality shift, say he has a stroke prior to completing his ruling)

With this judicial precedent set, how might this effect attitudes toward slavery throughout the empire and what sort of political effect might this have on British diplomacy and colonialism in general?

Maybe the southern half of the Thirteen Colonies don't endorse independence?
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