Описание: Joseph Knight's story is one of the most celebrated court cases in Scottish legal history - but the societal changes he brought are just as important. Knight was an African man, taken from Guinea as a child and purchased by John Wedderburn in about 1766. Wedderburn returned to Scotland and brought Knight to work as a personal servant on his new estate in the Carse of Gowrie. He received instruction in reading, writing, and the Christian religion before baptism. Knight read about the Mansfield decision in which a slave named James Somerset was freed in England, Knight assumed this ruling applied in Scotland and promptly ran away to be with his wife in Dundee. Wedderburn initiated court action with local authorities, but the Sheriff of Perthshire issued a famous ruling in 1774 denying Wedderburn's claim on the grounds that slavery was not recognised by Scottish law. Wedderburn appealed to the Court of Session in Edinburgh (Scotland's highest court) and the eventual 1778 decision was split and heavily qualified, but the court ultimately upheld the Perthshire decision and released Joseph Knight from slavery. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Knight_(slave) Nkem Okwechime Nkem Okwechime graduated from Glasgow School of Art but was inspired by the DCA in Dundee to take up screen printing. He has already held a solo exhibition showcasing his perspective which connects mixed/Black working-class culture with the world of fine art.
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