Granville Sharp (1735-1813), who campaigned for the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade, was born at Durham, the ninth son of the Reverend Thomas Sharp (1693-1758) and his wife Judith (Wheler) ...

Granville Sharp was an early abolitionist involved in several cases against the legality of slavery. There were two notable law cases that successfully championed the rights of formerly-enslaved ...

I bought my freedom in 1766 and settled in Britain. I became friends with many of the British abolitionists such as Granville Sharp and Thomas Clarkson. They encouraged me to write my ...