Sharp’s case against slavery in England

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"Sharp’s case against slavery in England" is a landmark legal and abolitionist work by Granville Sharp that challenged the legality of slavery under English law and helped lay the groundwork for the British antislavery movement.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf abolitionist work ⓘ
legal treatise ⓘ
aimsTo challenge the legality of slavery in England ⓘ
establish that enslaved persons in England are free under English law ⓘ
associatedWithEvent early British abolitionist campaign ⓘ
associatedWithIdeology Christian abolitionism ⓘ
associatedWithPerson Granville Sharp ⓘ
author Granville Sharp ⓘ
consequence strengthened legal arguments against slavery in British courts ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
ethicalStance defense of natural rights and personal liberty ⓘ
focusesOn legality of slavery under English common law ⓘ
genre legal and political argument ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn British abolitionist legal arguments ⓘ
early British antislavery activism ⓘ
hasPerspective Christian humanitarianism ⓘ
historicalContext transatlantic slave trade ⓘ
historicalPeriod 18th century ⓘ
historicalSignificance landmark in the intellectual history of British antislavery thought ⓘ
intendedAudience English legal and political authorities ⓘ
abolitionist activists ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalArgument English law presumes personal liberty ⓘ
slavery cannot exist without positive law ⓘ
slavery is unsupported by English common law ⓘ
legalSystem English common law ⓘ
mainSubject English law ⓘ
abolitionism ⓘ
slavery in England ⓘ
movement British antislavery movement ⓘ
notableFor helping lay the groundwork for the British antislavery movement ⓘ
systematic legal critique of slavery in England ⓘ
opposesConcept chattel slavery ⓘ
positionOnSlavery opposes slavery in England ⓘ
relatedTo British abolitionism ⓘ
legal status of enslaved people in Britain ⓘ
supportsConcept inalienable human rights ⓘ
natural law ⓘ
typeOfWork antislavery legal polemic ⓘ
usedBy British abolitionist campaigners ⓘ
usedFor challenging slaveholders’ claims in England ⓘ

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Granville Sharp → notableWork → Sharp’s case against slavery in England ⓘ
Granville Sharp → notableWork → A Representation of the Injustice and Dangerous Tendency of Tolerating Slavery in England ⓘ
linked to: Sharp’s case against slavery in England