Granville Sharp's Uncovered Letter and the Zong Massacre

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...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Faubert, Michelle (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Edition:	1st ed. 2018.
Subjects:	Great Britain-History. Literature, Modern-18th century. Law-History. Africa-History. Imperialism.
ISBN:	9783319927862
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