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One morning in 1765 , as Granville Sharp was leaving the surgery in Mincing Lane , he bumped into Jonathan Strong , one of William Sharp's poor patients . Strong was on the verge of collapse , and looked to be in such pitiful condition ...
One morning in 1765 , as Granville Sharp was leaving the surgery in Mincing Lane , he bumped into Jonathan Strong , one of William Sharp's poor patients . Strong was on the verge of collapse , and looked to be in such pitiful condition ...
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later Jonathan Strong again came into Granville Sharp's life . The occasion arose when David Lisle , the lawyer who had owned Strong , chanced to see him attending his mistress , Mrs. Brown , behind a hackney coach .
later Jonathan Strong again came into Granville Sharp's life . The occasion arose when David Lisle , the lawyer who had owned Strong , chanced to see him attending his mistress , Mrs. Brown , behind a hackney coach .
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Granville Sharp immediately told Captain Laird that he would charge him for assault if he continued to hold on to Strong . The captain reluctantly released the black man and everyone was told to go his own way quietly .
Granville Sharp immediately told Captain Laird that he would charge him for assault if he continued to hold on to Strong . The captain reluctantly released the black man and everyone was told to go his own way quietly .
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Contents
Part | 3 |
Courtesans and Blackamoors | 5 |
Bread and Liberty in Old England | 12 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Black Britannia: A History of Blacks in Britain |
| Author | Edward Scobie |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Johnson Publishing Company, 1972 |
| ISBN | 0874850568, 9780874850567 |
| Length | 316 pages |
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