Sharp, Granville, 1735-1813Sharp, Granville, 1735-1813Reason, Patrick Henry, 1816-1898Dorr, William S.American Anti-Slavery SocietyBurkett, Randall K.United Kingdom, 54.75844, -2.69531Stuart, Charles, 1783?-18651836Frontispiece portrait of Sharp signed: Engraved by P. Reason.Checklist Amer. imprints"The law of passive obedience; or Christian submission to personal injuries: wherein is shown, that the several texts of Scripture, which command the entire submission of servants or slaves to their masters, cannot authorize the latter to exact an involuntary servitude, nor, in the least degree, justify the claims of modern slaveholders. By Granville Sharp. [Three lines from Colossians] Published in London in the year 1776."--p. [95]-132.African American illustratorThe online edition of this book in the public domain, i.e., not protected by copyright, has been produced by the Emory University Digital Library Publications Program.Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library copy from the collection of Randall K. Burkett.application/pdfOnline version: Stuart, Charles, 1783?-1865. Memoir of Granville Sharp. New York, American Anti-Slavery Society, 1836 (OCoLC)609316067(GEU)ocm04332387http://pid.emory.edu/ark:/25593/b4w1fenghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/Abolitionists--Great Britain--BiographyAntislavery movements--Great BritainSlave trade--Great BritainSlavery in the BibleSharp, Granville, 1735-1813A memoir of Granville Sharp to which is added Sharp's "Law of passive obedience," and an extract from his "Law of retribution"Text