Mary Sharp
In The Sharp Family by Johann Zoffany, Mary Sharp is the toddler holding a kitten
Mary Sharp (1778 - 1812), [1] also called Mary Lloyd-Baker or Mary Lloyd Baker, was a niece of the British abolitionist Granville Sharp (1735 – 1813). Mary Sharp herself was an ardent abolitionist, active in campaigns to abolish the Atlantic slave trade.[2]
She married Thomas John Lloyd Baker of Uley, Gloucestershire in 1800. After her death, Baker remarried and built Hardwicke Court.[3]
Places[]
Mary Sharp College in Winchester, Tennessee, was named for her.
References[]
- ^ "Timeline of Events Leading up to the Abolition of the Slave Trade". Archived from the original on 2015-02-27. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
- ^ "The Progress of Events~January 1864~24th to 28th". Retrieved 2015-02-27.
- ^ "Index of People". www.rc.umd.edu. 2009-09-01. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
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