abstract:Granville Sharp (10 November 1735 – 6 July 1813) was one of the first English campaigners for the abolition of the slave trade. He also involved himself in trying to correct other social injustices.
And in 1772, in London, Lord Mansfield, nudged by the advocacy of GranvilleSharp, an abolitionist, judged that Africans could not be transported against their will.