Granville Sharp

Granville Sharp

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Granville Sharp was a prominent British abolitionist and one of the first campaigners against the transatlantic slave trade, known for his efforts to publicize the Zong massacre and support Olaudah Equiano in the fight for abolition.

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Granville Sharp was an abolitionist lawyer who helped secure the release of Harry Demaine.

‘Unjust and inhuman’: how royal family ignored a Black abolitionist’s plea to end the slave trade | Books
The Guardian·United KingdomUnited Kingdom· 2026-01-29
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Granville Sharp was a central figure in the anti-slave trade movement.

Olaudah Equiano’s memoir ignited the abolitionist movement in Britain | News
The Gleaner – major Jamaican newspaper, est. 1834·JamaicaJamaica· 2025-07-31
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