In 1772, evangelical Granville Sharp argued that English law stretching back to Magna Carta did not justify the practice.
42 months ago

The triangular relationship among Granville Sharp, Anthony Benezet, and Benjamin Rush is a telling one...helping us map Philadelphia's emergence as a center of...
24 months ago

The book makes a vigorous argument for the validity of Granville Sharp's rule, and explores the way in which other TSKS constructions (ie, article-substantive-...
57 months ago

Known for his famous rule proving Jesus's divinity in the Greek New Testament, Granville Sharp was more than a Bible scholar—he was a gospel...
26 months ago

The trial laid bare the horror and inhumanity of the Atlantic slave trade and galvanized the nascent movement to abolish it.
55 months ago

Kimberly McIntosh on why children need to learn about slavery, migration and empire.
51 months ago

In the summer of 1783, less than two years after the defeat of the British army at Yorktown, more than 3000 former slaves left New York City to make a new...
58 months ago

233 years ago Granville Sharp argued that black lives matter. But for 233 years the true sentiments of Britain's leading abolitionist were...
102 months ago

The Slavery Abolition Act finally took effect on 1 August 1834, 188 years ago today. It expanded upon the Slave Trade Act of 1807.
29 months ago

On 29 November 1781, the crew of the British slave ship Zong made a decision that was striking in its callous barbarity, even by the standards of the time.
39 months ago