qtd. in
Holcroft, Thomas, and William Hazlitt. The Life of Thomas Holcroft. Editor Colby, Elbridge, Constable, 1925, 2 vols.
1: 52
Granville Sharp
Standard Name: Sharp, Granville
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Employer | Thomas Holcroft | Working as a stable-boy, being entrusted with the management of one of that race of creatures that were the most admired and beloved by me, |
| Friends, Associates | Phillis Wheatley | Her enumeration of those she met in London is impressive, including several noblemen, Benjamin Franklin
, the scientist Daniel Solander
, the religious poet and hymn-writer Thomas Gibbons
, the abolitionist Granville Sharp
(who took... |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Susanna Watts | At the outset the sisters are faced with the big question about slavery: What can I do for the cause? Watts, Susanna. The Humming Bird. I. Cockshaw, 1-2. 4 |
| Publishing | Anna Maria Porter | The first volume had a frontispiece designed by AMP
's brother R. K. Porter
. The epigraph came from the introduction to Gay
's Fables (1727) : From objects most minute and mean, / A... |
| Publishing | Mary Deverell | Her full title was Miscellanies in Prose and Verse, mostly written in the Epistolary Style, chiefly upon Moral Subjects, And particularly calculated for the Improvement of Younger Minds. It was published in two volumes... |
| Publishing | Olaudah Equiano | Equiano was already a well-known figure in the abolitionist movement in Britain when his book appeared. He had issued Proposals for his subscription in November 1788 (the same month that George III
fell ill, probably... |
| Textual Features | Anna Maria Falconbridge | |
| Textual Production | Olaudah Equiano | As a founding member of the Sons of Africa
, OE
(as Gustavus Vassa) participated with nine others in the composition of an address of thanks to Granville Sharp
for his work on behalf... |
Timeline
By March 1772: Granville Sharp published his Appendix to...
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By March 1772
Granville Sharp
published his Appendix to the Representation of the Injustice and Dangerous Tendency of Tolerating Slavery; his previous volume had appeared in 1769.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
28 (1769): 118; 33 (1772): 261
March 1783: In the Zong case, a jury in London ruled...
National or international item
March 1783
In the Zong case, a jury in London ruled that shipowners trading in slaves were owed compensation for human cargo thrown overboard.
Walvin, James. Black Ivory: A History of British Slavery. Howard University Press, 1994.
118
Carretta, Vincent. Equiano, the African: Biography of a Self–made Man. University of Georgia Press, 2005.
237
1786: Thomas Clarkson published his measured polemic...
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1786
Thomas Clarkson
published his measured polemic On the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species.
Falconbridge, Anna Maria, and Mary Ann Parker. Maiden Voyages and Infant Colonies. Editor Coleman, Deirdre, Leicester University Press, 1999.
xv
22 May 1787: The Society for the Abolition of the Slave...
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22 May 1787
The Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade
was founded in London, by Granville Sharp
, Thomas Clarkson
, and ten more, of whom nine were Quakers
.
Walvin, James. Black Ivory: A History of British Slavery. Howard University Press, 1994.
xii
Bayly, Christopher Alan. Atlas of the British Empire. Facts on File, 1989.
83
Walvin, James et al. “Ignatius Sancho: The Man and His Times”. Ignatius Sancho: An African Man of Letters, National Portrait Gallery, 1997, pp. 93-113.
109
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.
under Wilberforce
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