Tribute to Granville Sharpe, the father of the anti-slavery cause in Britain
From our UK edition
One day during the summer of 1765 a young black man, an enslaved person called Jonathan Strong, stumbled into a doctor’s surgery on Mincing Lane, off Fenchurch Street in the City of London. He was seriously injured, having been badly beaten about the face by his ‘owner’, and there were fears he might lose his sight. The doctor, William Sharp, though respected enough in his profession to be called upon to treat members of the royal family, was also known to be willing to tend those who had no means of paying. Sure enough, Sharp cared for the injured man, and he and his younger brother Granville arranged for Strong to be admitted to St Bartholomew’s Hospital, where he remained for more than four months.
