Granville Sharp

Granville Sharp (10 Nuwamba 1735 - 6 Yuli 1813) masanin Ingilishi ne, mai ba da agaji kuma ɗaya daga cikin masu fafutuka na farko don kawar da cinikin bayi a Burtaniya. An haife shi a Durham, da farko ya yi aiki a matsayin ma'aikacin gwamnati a cikin Kwamitin Ordnance . Ya shiga cikin abolitionism ya fara ne a shekara ta 1767 lokacin da ya kare wani bawa da ya ji rauni sosai daga Barbados a cikin shari'ar shari'a a kan ubangijinsa. Da yake ƙara mai da hankali ga dalilin, ya ci gaba da neman shari'o'in gwaji game da hujjojin doka don bautar, kuma a cikin 1769 ya buga takarda ta farko a Ingila wanda ya kai farmaki ga manufar bautar.

Kokarin Granville Sharp ya ƙare a shekara ta 1772 lokacin da ya taimaka wajen tabbatar da hukuncin Ubangiji Mansfield a Somerset da Stewart, wanda ya tabbatar da cewa bautar ba ta da tushe a cikin dokar Ingilishi. A shekara ta 1787, Sharp da Thomas Clarkson sun kafa kungiyar don yin tasiri ga kawar da cinikin bayi. Ci gaba da kamfen ɗin Sharp, Clarkson da William Wilberforce ya haifar da kawar da cinikin bayi ta hanyar Dokar Cinikin Bauta ta 1807. Sharp ya mutu a shekara ta 1813, shekaru ashirin kafin Dokar Kawar da Bautar 1833, wanda ya soke bautar a mafi yawan Daular Burtaniya.

Baya ga manufarsa ta abolitionist, Sharp ya kuma goyi bayan kirkirar mulkin mallaka mai 'yanci a Saliyo, wanda ya karfafa baƙar fata a Burtaniya su zauna a yammacin Afirka. Kokarinta ya haifar da kafa Lardin 'Yanci kuma daga baya Freetown . Ya kuma kasance mai ba da shawara ga Masu mulkin mallaka na Amurka, sake fasalin majalisa da kuma 'yancin kai na Ireland. Wani ƙwararren masanin gargajiya da masanin Littafi Mai-Tsarki, Sharp ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda suka kafa Ƙungiyar Littafi Mai-Msarki ta Burtaniya da ta Ƙasashen Waje.

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An haifi Sharp a Durham a cikin 1735. Yana da 'yan'uwa maza takwas da' yan'uwa mata biyar. Biyar daga cikin 'yan uwansa sun tsira daga jariri kuma a lokacin da Sharp ya kai tsakiyar shekarunsa kudaden iyali da aka ware don iliminsu sun ƙare, don haka Sharp ya sami ilimi a Makarantar Durham  amma galibi a gida.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Hoare_(younger)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-618-61907-8
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