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An extract from Mr * Sharp ' s second letter was given in your second volume , ( p . S 46 ) . It was all I thought proper then to * publish , but there can now be no occasion for reserve . I
esteem it indeed a becoming respect for the memory of my father ' s much valued acquaintance and my own , to record especially Mr . Sharp ' s prevailing sense of religion and his
anxiety for the moral improvement , according to his own views of Christianity , of those who had become the objects of his benevolent attention . J . T . ' RUTT .
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these two men , that the mark was voluntarily made by Harper in their presence : for when they are included in the charge as writing or signing .
or as aiding , advising or assisting so heinous an attempt , in any other way whatsoever , they are principals in the crime , and as such cannot be admitted as witnesses in their own
cause . A writ of Habeas Corpus is therefore the surest mode of relief . But if you want to gain time , in order to draw up proper affidavits of the charge , and to consider better of the proper mode of proceeding—you
may bail the man for his appearance in answer to the pretended charge of debt , for which he is now held in prison , in case the captain should venture to proceed in that charge , — in which case you must previously obtain the evidence of some of the
ship ' s crew , that Harper was actually employed and did work as a seaman by the captain ' s orders , going aloft , &c . during the passage . Such proof will not only effectually bar and s , et aside the captain ' s charge against him for passage money ( because no men that work as seamen are ever liable
to be charged as passengers ) , but wiH , at the same time also , entitle the man to wages during the passage ; for whenever labour is performed the wages are due in law * even though there was no previous agreement for wages . And as to any pretence or
claim that the captain may set up against Harpei * , as having by his escape from the island " on board his ship , rendered him liable to the penalty of £ 100 , this cannot entitle the captain to any remedy or con * sideration whatever by the laws of
England , which cannot effect any thing contrary to the laws of God ( the foundation of the laws of England ) ; for "to deliver up to his master the servant * ( or slave ) , " that has escaped from his master "—is expressly forbid by God himself . * ' Thou -shalt not deliver unto his
master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee . He shall dwell with thee even among you , in the place which he shall choose , in one of thy gates where it liketh him best : thou shall not oppress him . " Though this is a part of the Mosaic law , ( Dcut xfciiu I * , ) yet it is no
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Mr . Granville Sharp to Mr . Harry Gandy . S $ 9
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Letter I . Copy of a Letter to Mr . Harry G-and y * of Bristol * *« Answer to his Representation of ike Case of Harry Harpery * a Poor Negro * that was Trepanned to be sold as a Slave .
Dear Sir , 8 tk August , 1796 . AM sorry that a very particular I engagement in , business prevented me on Saturday from answering your obliging letter by the return of the post . If the indenture or writing on which Captain Alleyn has made a
mark ( when he forcibly directed the hand of poor Harry Harper * by way of a signature , ) has been signed also by the mate and the owner ' s clerk , who were present , they are both , of them as well as the Captain himself , and also the owner , if he advised the
measure , equally liable to penalties of £ 5 OO each , on the Habeas Corpus Act , by mere actions of debt , which the Negro , or any other person , may sue as that Act directs , with triple costs besides a premunire : if the mate and clerk have actually set their hands to any writing intended as an
instrument for the purpose of an involuntary transportation of any man whatsoever , out of this kingdom beyond the s $ as , contrary to the express prohibition of that Act , they are certainly liable to be charged as principals in the conspiracy , whereby the captain , will not be able to avail himself of the pretended testimony of
* This gentleman first received Mr . Clarkson at Bristol , when he went on his mission of inquiry from the committee in 1807 . Hist . Ahol . I . 294 . K ,.
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1817, page 329, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2465/page/9/
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