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The Joseph Knight case
The third case, the case of Joseph Knight, was the only one decided by the Court
The James Montgomery Slavery Case, 1756
The first case involving the recovery of enslaved people in Scotland occurred in 1756
Dalrymple v Spens and Henderson, 1769
The second case to reach the Court of Session featured David Spens (or Spence), a black enslaved man, and his master, Dr David Dalrymple, from Methil in Fife