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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.
Granville Sharp. Granville Sharp (Durham, 10 novembre 1735 – Londra, 6 luglio 1813) è stato un attivista inglese, uno dei primi sostenitori inglesi per l'abolizione del commercio degli schiavi
Granville Sharp (born Nov. 10 [Nov. 21, New Style], 1735, Durham, Durham, Eng.—died July 6, 1813, Fulham, London) was an English scholar and philanthropist, noted as an advocate of the abolition of slavery. Granville was apprenticed to a London draper, but in 1758 he entered the government ordnance department.
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22 dic 2022 · Granville Sharp Esquire, engraved by Charles Turner 1806 © Sharp was a leading British abolitionist and instigator of the first settlement of freed African slaves in Sierra Leone. Granville...
1 giorno fa · Granville Sharp. Abolitionist. Granville Sharp (1735-1813), who campaigned for the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade, was born at Durham, the ninth son of the Reverend Thomas Sharp (1693-1758) and his wife Judith (Wheler) (d.1757).
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15 set 2021 · Granville Sharp (1735–1813) was one of the first British campaigners for the abolition of the slave trade. He was the author of several anti-slavery pamphlets, including A Representation of the injustice and dangerous tendency of admitting the least claim of private property in the persons of men, in England, etc. (London, 1769 ...
29 mag 2018 · BIBLIOGRAPHY. Born in Durham, England, on November 21 (November 10, old style), 1735, Granville Sharp is best known as being the prime mover in the abolition of slavery in England; one might even say that he was the force behind the British abolitionist William Wilberforce.
