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An appendix to the representation ..of the Injustice and Dangerous Tendency..

Reference: Suppvol199-001 Volume: SUPP. VOL. 199 Author: SHARP (Granville) Year: 1772
SHARP (Granville) 1772 16

An address to the inhabitants of the British Settlements in America upon slave keeping (Philadelphia 1773)

Reference: Binnsvol023-004 Volume: BINNS VOL. 23 Author: Unknown Year: 1773
A condemnation of slavery in America, attacking the arguments used to support it:
 Unknown 1773 17

Considerations on the Negroe Cause commonly so called, addressed to the Right Honourable Lord Mansfield, lord chief justice of the court of the king’s bench, by Samuel Estwick, A.M. assistant agent for the Island of Barbados. 2nd edition (London 1773)

Reference: Binnsvol019-002 Volume: BINNS VOL. 19 Author: ESTWICK (Samuel) Year: 1773
The author, who attended the Somerset hearings (1772), argues that the ruling remained vague in respect to the status of slaves in England and that the legal arguments were founded on ‘false… Keep reading
 ESTWICK (Samuel) 1773 47

Thoughts upon Slavery by John Wesley (London 1774

Reference: Binnsvol016-012 Volume: BINNS VOL. 16 Author: WESLEY (John) Year: 1774
A brief history of Europe’s involvement in the African slave trade, and the nature of slavery in the Caribbean, the study of African culture and customs, philosophical arguments against enslavement, condemnation and… Keep reading
 WESLEY (John) 1774 27

The evidence delivered on the petition presented by the West-India planters to the House of Commons, as was introduced at the bar, and summed up by Mr Glover (London 1775)

Reference: Binnsvol023-002 Volume: BINNS VOL. 23 Author: GLOVER (R.) Year: 1775
Evidence presented in Parliament by the West India planters showing the consequences to the sugar markets if the British American colonies refuse to export certain merchandise to the West Indies, which would… Keep reading
 GLOVER (R.) 1775 49

An extract from the Law of Retribution.

Reference: Suppvol149-003 Volume: SUPP. VOL. 149 Author: SHARP (Granville) Year: 1776
SHARP (Granville) 1776 0

The just limitation of slavery in the Laws of God, compared with the unbounded claims of the African traders and British American slaveholders, by Granville Sharp, with a copious appendix (London 1776)

Reference: Binnsvol023-001 Volume: BINNS VOL. 23 Author: SHARP (Granville) Year: 1776
Sharp’s responses to the supporters of the trade who use the scriptures as justification – he uses the same passages to reject their arguments: ‘The Ethiopians or Negroes received the Christian… Keep reading
 SHARP (Granville) 1776 92

The just limitation of Slavery in the Laws of God.. with a copious Appendix.

Reference: Suppvol162-001 Volume: SUPP. VOL. 162 Author: SHARP (Granville) Year: 1776
SHARP (Granville) 1776 174

The Law of Passive Obedience..

Reference: Suppvol149-002 Volume: SUPP. VOL. 149 Author: SHARP (Granville) Year: 1776
SHARP (Granville) 1776 0