A Representation of the Injustice and Dangerous Tendency of Tolerating Slavery

Granville Sharp

doi:10.1017/CBO9781107590052

This work by the anti-slavery campaigner Granville Sharp (1735–1813) brings together legal and historical documents, as well as the author's own legal arguments, demonstrating that slavery was illegal and therefore could not be upheld in England. Furthering his own intellectual development while working for a linen draper, Sharp later became a government clerk and pursued a writing career. His awakening to the horrors of the slave trade resulted from a chance encounter with an injured slave seeking help from his physician brother. Carrying out the necessary legal research, Sharp published this book in 1769 to demonstrate that slavery has no basis in English law. In 1772, the landmark case of James Somerset was brought before Lord Mansfield, who upheld Sharp's contention: as a result, it was henceforth understood that any slave reaching the shores of England became free. Sharp's memoirs of his life are also reissued in this series.

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Frontmatter
pp i-viii
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PART I - Remarks on an opinion given in the year 1729, by the (then) Attorney and Solicitor General, concerning Slaves brought to Great Britain
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PART II - The Answer to an Objection which has been made to the foregoing Remarks
pp 34-41
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PART III - An examination of the Advantages and Disadvantages of tolerating SLAVERY in England
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PART IV - Some remarks on the ancient villenage
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Frontmatter
pp i-viii

PART I - Remarks on an opinion given in the year 1729, by the (then) Attorney and Solicitor General, concerning Slaves brought to Great Britain
pp 1-33

PART II - The Answer to an Objection which has been made to the foregoing Remarks
pp 34-41

PART III - An examination of the Advantages and Disadvantages of tolerating SLAVERY in England
pp 42-106

PART IV - Some remarks on the ancient villenage
pp 107-167

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Frontmatter pp i-viii

PART I - Remarks on an opinion given in the year 1729, by the (then) Attorney and Solicitor General, concerning Slaves brought to Great Britain pp 1-33

PART II - The Answer to an Objection which has been made to the foregoing Remarks pp 34-41

PART III - An examination of the Advantages and Disadvantages of tolerating SLAVERY in England pp 42-106

PART IV - Some remarks on the ancient villenage pp 107-167

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Frontmatter
pp i-viii

PART I - Remarks on an opinion given in the year 1729, by the (then) Attorney and Solicitor General, concerning Slaves brought to Great Britain
pp 1-33

PART II - The Answer to an Objection which has been made to the foregoing Remarks
pp 34-41

PART III - An examination of the Advantages and Disadvantages of tolerating SLAVERY in England
pp 42-106

PART IV - Some remarks on the ancient villenage
pp 107-167