Michelle Faubert 
Granville Sharp’s Uncovered Letter and the Zong Massacre [PDF ebook] 

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This book delineates the discovery of a previously unknown manuscript of a letter from Granville Sharp, the first British abolitionist, to the “Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.” In the letter, Sharp demands that the Admiralty bring murder charges against the crew of the
Zong for forcing 132 enslaved Africans overboard to their deaths. Uncovered by Michelle Faubert at the British Library in 2015, the letter is reproduced here, accompanied by her examination of its provenance and significance for the history of slavery and abolition. As Faubert argues, the British Library manuscript is the only fair copy of Sharp’s letter, and extraordinary evidence of Sharp’s role in the abolition of slavery.

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Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction.- 2. Equiano, Sharp, Mansfield, and the
Zong Massacre: History and Significance.- 3. The Provenance of the BL Document.- 4. The BL Document: The Definitive Version of Sharp’s Letter on the
Zong to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.- 5. The Historical Significance of the BL Document.- 6. Conclusion: Revisiting the History of Abolition.

Om författaren

Michelle Faubert is Associate Professor of Romantic Literature at the University of Manitoba, Canada, and Visiting Fellow at Northumbria University, UK.

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Språk Engelska ● Formatera PDF ● Sidor 166 ● ISBN 9783319927862 ● Filstorlek 5.0 MB ● Utgivare Springer International Publishing ● Stad Cham ● Land CH ● Publicerad 2018 ● Nedladdningsbara 24 månader ● Valuta EUR ● ID 6443661 ● Kopieringsskydd Social DRM

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