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Granville Sharp

Britannica
Granville Sharp was an English scholar and philanthropist, noted as an advocate of the abolition of slavery. Granville was apprenticed to a...
3 weeks ago

Derek Sharp Obituary (2025) - Sydney, New South Wales - The Sydney Morning Herald

Legacy.com
SHARP Brig. (rtd) OBE, Derek Granville 9.7.1920 - 16.1.2025Late of Roseville, Killara and Valentine. Dearly loved husband of June (dec).
5 days ago

On this day: Granville Sharp, slave trade abolitionist, died

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

How cross-Atlantic correspondence ties together a trio of 18th century abolitionists

Billy Penn at WHYY
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 Abolitionist Hero You’ve Never Heard Of

The Gospel Coalition
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

Zong slave ship trial: insurance loss or mass murder?

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

Review: "Rough Crossings"

Columbia University
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

Professor finds and publishes lost 233-year-old letter condemning slave massacre

UM Today News
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

A Black author takes a new look at Georgia's white founder and his failed attempt to ban slavery

WABE
A new book by Thurmond entitled “James Oglethorpe, Father of Georgia” focuses on Georgia's white founding father's failed attempt to ban slavery.
11 months ago

How Law Destroyed the Slave Trade

Bindmans
The trade in human beings, mostly African, which existed in the British Empire for several centuries, was ended by law. Its destruction is a corrective to...
3 months ago