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Free Slaves, Freetown, and the Sierra Leonean Civil WarGranville Sharp’s Fight to Free the Slaves

Free Slaves, Freetown, and the Sierra Leonean Civil War: Granville Sharp’s Fight to Free the Slaves [This chapter focuses on the eighteenth century legal battle between British abolitionist, Granville Sharp and Lord Chief Justice Mansfield, to free British slaves. Sharp was determined to end slavery, but the Chief Justice believed that justices are not lawmakers but law finders. Lord Mansfield was unwilling to abolish slavery without positive law. During this time, Lord Mansfield was the guardian of Dido Belle Lindsey, a mulatto girl left by his nephew. This chapter also includes the slave cases of Jonathan Strong, Thomas Lewis, James Somerset, and the Zong. It covers the story of the Nova Scotians, black loyalists and members of a brigade of so-called Black Pioneers who fought for the British during the American Revolution.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Free Slaves, Freetown, and the Sierra Leonean Civil WarGranville Sharp’s Fight to Free the Slaves

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Palgrave Macmillan US
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
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978-1-349-94853-6
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33 –58
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10.1057/978-1-349-94854-3_3
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[This chapter focuses on the eighteenth century legal battle between British abolitionist, Granville Sharp and Lord Chief Justice Mansfield, to free British slaves. Sharp was determined to end slavery, but the Chief Justice believed that justices are not lawmakers but law finders. Lord Mansfield was unwilling to abolish slavery without positive law. During this time, Lord Mansfield was the guardian of Dido Belle Lindsey, a mulatto girl left by his nephew. This chapter also includes the slave cases of Jonathan Strong, Thomas Lewis, James Somerset, and the Zong. It covers the story of the Nova Scotians, black loyalists and members of a brigade of so-called Black Pioneers who fought for the British during the American Revolution.]

Published: Nov 23, 2016

Keywords: Nova Scotia; Slave Trade; Authentic Document; African Institution; American Revolution

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