Granville Sharp's Uncovered Letter and the Zong Massacre

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Faubert, Michelle (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: Great Britain-History.; Literature, Modern-18th century.; Law-History.; Africa-History.; Imperialism.; History of Britain and Ireland.; Eighteenth-Century Literature.; Legal History.; African History.; Imperialism and Colonialism.

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 forci...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.