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Granville Sharp
Granville Sharp
(10 November 1735 – 6 July 1813) was one of the first
English
campaigners for the
abolition of the slave trade
. He also involved himself in trying to correct other social injustices. Sharp formulated the plan to settle blacks in
Sierra Leone
, and founded the
St. George's Bay Company
, a forerunner of the
Sierra Leone Company
. His efforts led to both the founding of the
Province of Freedom
, and later on
Freetown, Sierra Leone
, and so he is considered to be one of the founding fathers of Sierra Leone. He was also a
biblical
scholar and
classicist
, and a talented musician.
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