Quotation from Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone

Part of the first-edition sentence holding that a slave who lands in England falls under the protection of the laws; Blackstone qualified the sentence in later editions.

Citation: "this spirit of liberty is so deeply implanted in our constitution, and rooted even in our very soil" — William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, Book I, ch. 1 (First edition, Oxford 1765, Project Gutenberg #30802 text). (id commentaries-on-the-laws-of-england-q5)

Portrait: William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England (1st ed, 1765, vol I, title page), William Blackstone (10 July 1723 – 14 February 1780)., Public domain.

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