British reformer Sharp was catapulted into anti-slavery lore for advancing the cause of James Somerset, and American slave whose case delivered a legal death blow to slavery in England. Brissot de Warville was a premier French abolitionist. The letters were penned just days before the Bastille fell, and concern the National Assembly (which launched the Revolution), Frankpledge, and the French colonies. Letter dated "6 July 1789" -- discussing the Rights of Nations, topic of frankpledge and Sharp's Tract on Congregational Courts ; letter dated "9 July 1789" --brings up topics of regulations for new settlement at Sierra Leone, frankpledge, military associations of the people, strength of a nation, corn markets in France, and British distilleries.
Authors
- Collection
- Sidney Lapidus Slavery and Abolition Collection
- Contributor
- Brissot de Warville, J.-P. (Jacques-Pierre), 1754-1793
- Dates
- To 1808
- Format
- Correspondence
- Pages
- Disbound. 3 pages. 19x24 cm.
- Place Discussed
- Sierra Leone Great Britain
- Provider
- The New York Public Library
- Published in
- Sierra Leone
- Rights
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- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/5accabdb34eea862f0fa99095437b1fe
