Granville Sharp
Granville Sharp (10 November 1735 – 6 July 1813) was a British scholar, devout Christian, philanthropist and one of the first campaigners for the abolition of the slave trade in Britain. Born in Durham, he initially worked as a civil servant in the Board of Ordnance. His involvement in abolitionism began in 1767 when he defended a severely injured slave from Barbados in a legal case against his master. Increasingly devoted to the cause, he continually sought test cases against the legal justifications for slavery, and in 1769 he published the first tract in England that explicitly attacked the concept of slavery.Granville Sharp's efforts culminated in 1772 when he was instrumental in securing Lord Mansfield's ruling in ''Somerset v Stewart'', which held that slavery had no basis in English law. In 1787, Sharp and Thomas Clarkson founded the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade. The continuing campaigns of Sharp, Clarkson and William Wilberforce led to the abolition of slave trade through the Slave Trade Act 1807. Sharp died in 1813, two decades before the Slavery Abolition Act 1833, which abolished slavery in most of the British Empire.
In addition to his abolitionist cause, Sharp also championed the creation of a free colony in Sierra Leone, which encouraged black people in Britain to settle in west Africa. His efforts led to the founding of the Province of Freedom and later Freetown. He was also an advocate for the American colonists, parliamentary reform and the legislative independence of Ireland. An accomplished classicist and biblical scholar, Sharp was also one of the founders of the British and Foreign Bible Society. Provided by Wikipedia
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London : printed by Galabin and Baker, Number 1, Ingram-Court, Fenchurch-Street, 1780
London : printed by Galabin and Baker, Number 1, Ingram-Court, Fenchurch-Street, 1780
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[London], [s.n.], 1794
[London], [s.n.], 1794
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Dublin : printed for T. Armitage, J. Williams, and L. Flin, 1776
The third edition.
Dublin : printed for T. Armitage, J. Williams, and L. Flin, 1776
The third edition.
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[Great Britain : s.n.], 1794
[Great Britain : s.n.], 1794
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[Great Britain : s.n.], 1805
[Great Britain : s.n.], 1805
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London : [s.n.], 1779
London : [s.n.], 1779
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by Sharp, Granville, 1735-1813
London : Printed by Galabin and Baker, number 1. Ingram-Court, Fenchurch-Street, 1780
Fourth edition.
London : Printed by Galabin and Baker, number 1. Ingram-Court, Fenchurch-Street, 1780
Fourth edition.
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London : (first printed in 1773) Second edition with additions printed for B. White and Son, Fleet-Street; and C. Dilly, In The Poultry, 1790
London : (first printed in 1773) Second edition with additions printed for B. White and Son, Fleet-Street; and C. Dilly, In The Poultry, 1790
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London : printed by G. Bigg, 1771
London : printed by G. Bigg, 1771
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London : printed by H. Baldwin, Fleet-Street, 1786
The second edition.
London : printed by H. Baldwin, Fleet-Street, 1786
The second edition.
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[Boston] ; Boston, re-printed and sold by Edes and Gill, London, printed ; 1774
3rd ed.
[Boston] ; Boston, re-printed and sold by Edes and Gill, London, printed ; 1774
3rd ed.
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London : printed for B. White, in Fleet-Street, and E. and C. Dilly, in the Poultry, 1776
London : printed for B. White, in Fleet-Street, and E. and C. Dilly, in the Poultry, 1776
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London : Printed for B. White and E. and C. Dilly, 1777
London : Printed for B. White and E. and C. Dilly, 1777
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London : printed for B. White, at Horace's-Head, in Fleet-Street, 1774
London : printed for B. White, at Horace's-Head, in Fleet-Street, 1774
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Philadelphia : B.B. Hopkins, 1807
1st American, from the 3rd London ed.
Philadelphia : B.B. Hopkins, 1807
1st American, from the 3rd London ed.
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