Mary Sharp Explained

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.

External links

• Portrait of the Sharp family at the National Portrait Gallery

Notes and References

1. Web site: Timeline of Events Leading up to the Abolition of the Slave Trade . 2015-02-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150227195958/http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=15926&p=0 . 2015-02-27 . dead .
2. Web site: The Progress of Events~January 1864~24th to 28th . 2015-02-27.
3. Web site: Index of People. 2009-09-01. www.rc.umd.edu. en. 2018-09-13.