Granville Sharp's Uncovered Letter and the Zong Massacre (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)

This book delineates the discovery of a previously unknown manuscript of a letter from Granville Sharp, the first British abolitionist, to the "Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty." In the letter, Sharp demands that the Admiralty bring murder charges against the crew of the Zong for forcing 132 enslaved Africans overboard to their deaths. Uncovered by Michelle Faubert at the British Library in 2015, the letter is reproduced here, accompanied by her examination of its provenance and significance for the history of slavery and abolition. As Faubert argues, the British Library manuscript is the only fair copy of Sharp's letter, and extraordinary evidence of Sharp's role in the abolition of slavery.

General

Imprint:	Birkhauser Verlag AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	August 2018
First published:	2018
Authors:	Michelle Faubert
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	166
Edition:	1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-92785-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 16th to 18th centuries Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Slavery & emancipation Books > History > British & Irish history > General
LSN:	3-319-92785-X
Barcode:	9783319927855

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