Abstract
Recent historians have attempted to examine the British Abolitionist Movement in terms of economic influence, evangelical coalitions and nationalist sentiment. In my research I have examined the evolution of Granville Sharp, one of the foremost members of the early movement, in order to show how he was primarily motivated by Scriptural and religious concerns in his writings and critiques of chattel slavery. Although Sharp was motivated by religious sentiments, his greatest successes were not the result of a moral appeal to Britain, but rather, an appeal to law and to justice. I show that Sharp’s first success in the case of Somerset v. Stewart set the paradigm for abolitionism, and that Sharp’s concern about the judgement of God was a later development, directly resulting from an adherence to the doctrine of Original Sin.
How to Cite
Griggs, T. C., (2019) ““To Loose The Bands Of Wickedness, To Undo The Heavy Burdens, And To Let The Oppressed Go Free” The Apocalyptic Abolition Of Granville Sharp”, Capstone, The UNC Asheville Journal of Undergraduate Scholarship 32(1).
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