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Granville Sharp and his surgeon brother William rescued a young African man from the streets of London.
Picture: © Chris Downer, Geograph. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.0.. Source.
Posted April 1 2016
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Picture: By Josiah Wedgwood (1730–1795), via Wikimedia Commons. CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.. Source.
Posted March 13 2015
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Anti-slavery campaigner Granville Sharp had a court order preventing Thomas Lewis being shipped off to slavery, but he had to find him first.
Picture: © Christine Matthews, Geograph. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.0.. Source.
Posted March 13 2015
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Today, the slave trade is a £150bn global business. Back in the late 18th century, it was making a lot of influential people very rich too, but some in England were determined to stop it.
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Posted March 13 2015
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After James Somerset was loaded onto a British slave-ship bound for Jamaica, Granville Sharp and other committed Christians turned to the courts for justice.
Picture: By John Singleton Copley (1738-1815), via Wikimedia Commons.. Source.
Posted March 13 2015