On June 22, 1772, Lord Mansfield said that slavery was so odious, and he used the word "odious," that the common law would not support it, and he ordered James free.
El 22 de juny de 1772, Lord Mansfield  va proclamar que l'esclavitud era odiosa, i va emprar la paraula "odiosa," va dir que la llei comuna no la recolzaria,  i va ordenar que James fos lliure.