In the Nick of Time

A plantation-owner from Chelsea named Robert Stapylton kidnapped Thomas Lewis, a young African boy, and prepared to take him to Jamaica. A neighbour heard the commotion, and got anti-slavery campaigner Granville Sharp involved. Stapylton insisted on taking the matter to court, but the jury found against him, and Lewis was set free.

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