Granville Sharp (1735-1813), English abolitionist ?
Granville Sharp (1735-1813), English abolitionist used the courts to fight to slavery. In 1772, enslaved James Somerset, was freed when a court ruled, as soon as any slave set foot upon English territory, he became free
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