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Granville Sharp's Uncovered Letter and the Zong Massacre

von: Michelle Faubert
64,19 €
Verlag:	Palgrave Pivot
Format:	PDF
Veröffentl.:	02.08.2018
ISBN/EAN:	9783319927862
Sprache:	englisch

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Titelbeschreibung

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.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Autorenportrait

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

Back cover copy

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.

Sonderbeitrag

Offers new insights into the role of Granville Sharp’s involvement in the British abolition of slavery Features an appendix with a scholarly transcription and images of the letter Presents the first complete overview of the primary and secondary materials on the Zong

Unpublished endorsement

“It is not often that a researcher makes a truly new discovery of an important but unknown document relating to a well-researched topic. But Michelle Faubert, an expert in Romantic literature, has found in the British Library, a misfiled document written in 1783 by the British abolitionist, Granville Sharp…The find is trulysignificant and justifies being published in this series.” (Trevor Burnard, University of Melbourne, Australia)