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 abolitionist movement
surface form: 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 Sharp’s case against slavery in England
this entity surface form: A Representation of the Injustice and Dangerous Tendency of Tolerating Slavery in England