Granville Sharp net worth and salary: Granville Sharp is a Civil Rights Leader who has a net worth of $8 million. Granville Sharp was born in in November 10, 1735. Remembered as a founder of the West African Republic of Sierra Leone, Sharpe is famous as one of the first Englishmen to call for the end to the slave trade.
Granville Sharp is a member of Civil Rights Leader
💰Granville Sharp Net worth: $8 million (Updated at 15 March 2019)
About
Remembered as a founder of the West African Republic of Sierra Leone, Sharpe is famous as one of the first Englishmen to call for the end to the slave trade.
Before Fame
After completing an apprenticeship with a London draper, he entered the civil service as an employee of the Tower of London.
Trivia
His numerous abolitionist-themed publications include A Representation of the Injustice and Dangerous Tendency of Tolerating Slavery (1769); Free English Territory in Africa (1790); and A Letter to a Gentleman in Maryland Respecting the Extreme Wickedness of Tolerating the Slave Trade (1793).
Family Life
Born to author and theologian Thomas Sharp, he grew up in Durham, England, with thirteen siblings.
Associated With
An accomplished musician as well as a businessman and abolitionist, Sharp, whose brother William was the personal physician to King George III, was described by the king as having the most beautiful bass voice in all of England.
