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Granville Sharp

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English abolitionist (1735-1813)

Born 1735
Died 1813

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  • Cover of: declaration of the people's natural right to a share in the legislature: which is the fundamental principle of the British Constitution of State

    First published in 1774 10 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition declarationofpeo1774shar
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  • Cover of: Remarks on several very important prophecies ...

    First published in 1768 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Remarks on the uses of the definitive article in the Greek text of the New Testament: containing many new proofs of the divinity of Christ, from passages which are wrongly translated in the common English version.

    First published in 1798 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The claims of the people of England

    First published in 1782 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: An essay on slavery: proving from Scripture its inconsistency with humanity and religion; in answer to a late publication, entitled, "The African trade for Negro slaves shewn to be consistent with principles of humanity, and with the laws of revealed religion." By Granville Sharp, Esq. With an introductory preface, containing the sentiments of the monthly reviewers on that publication; and the opinion of several eminent writers on the subject. To which is added, an elegy on the miserable state of an African slave, by the celebrated and ingenious William Shenstone, Esq

    First published in 1773 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: An account of the ancient division of the English nation into hundreds and tithings.

    First published in 1784 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Extract from A representation of the injustice and dangerous tendency of tolerating slavery: or Admitting the least claim of private property in the persons of men in England

    First published in 1771 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: A short sketch of temporary regulations: (until better shall be proposed) for the intended settlement on the Grain Coast of Africa, near Sierra Leona.

    First published in 1788 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: A tract on the law of nature and principles of action in man

    First published in 1777 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Tracts, concerning the ancient and only true legal means of national defence, by a free militia.

    First published in 1781 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The claims of the people of England

    First published in 1782 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Letter from Granville Sharp, of London to the Maryland Society for Promoting the abolition of slavery

    First published in 1793 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: An account of the constitutional English polity of congregational courts: and more particularly of the great annual court of the people, called the view of frankpledge, wherein the whole body of the nation was arranged into regular divisions of tithings, hundreds, etc. ... intended as an appendix to several tracts on national defence, etc.

    First published in 1786 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: A tract on the law of nature and priciples of action in man

    First published in 1809 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The claims of the people of England. N. B. Those Persons, who have not Leisure (in the present awful and important Crisis of public Affairs) to peruse this little Tract, may view the Substance of it, in an Abstract, at the End of the Book; which has References (as an Index) for more full Information on each Article

    First published in 1782 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: address to the people of England: being the protest of a private person against every suspension of law that is liable to injure or endanger personal security.

    First published in 1778 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The case of Saul, shewing that his disorder was a real spiritual possession, and proving by the learned researches and labours of a strenuous promoter even of the contrary doctrine that actual possessions of spirits were generally acknowledged by the ancient writers among the Heathens as well as among Jews and Christians: first printed in the year 1777, as an appendix to a tract on The Law of nature and and principles of action in man : to which is added, a short tract, wherein the influence of demons are further illustrated by remarks on 1 Timothy iv. 1-3

    First published in 1807 1 edition — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The just limitation of slavery in the laws of God: compared with the unbounded claims of the African traders and British American slaveholders.

    First published in 1776 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: legal means of political reformation, proposed in two small tracts, viz.: the first: On "Equitable representation," and the legal means of obtaining it. - the second: On "Annual Parliaments, the ancient and most salutary 'right of the people'".

    First published in 1780 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Memoirs: Composed from his own manuscripts, and other authentic documents in the possession of his family and of the African Institution

    First published in 1820 1 edition — 1 previewable
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English abolitionist (1735-1813)

Born 1735
Died 1813
Subjects
Early works to 1800, Christian ethics, Great Britain, Politics and government, Slavery, Bible, Representative government and representation, Administrative and political divisions, Colonies, Criticism, interpretation, Great Britain. Parliament, Reform, Slave trade, Antislavery movements, Article, Biblical Greek language, British colonies, City planning, Constitutional history, Constitutional law, Controversial literature, Defenses, Demoniac possession, Demons, Description and travel
Places
Great Britain, America, England, Ireland, Sierra Leone
People
Jesus Christ, Paul the Apostle, Saint, Saul King of Israel
Time
1760-1789, 18th century

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
June 7, 2012 Edited by VacuumBot Removed period from death date
September 9, 2008 Edited by RenameBot fix author name
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import