Mary Sharp

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]

Not to be confused with Mary Sharpe.
In The Sharp Family by Johann Zoffany, Mary Sharp is the toddler holding a kitten

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
  1. "Timeline of Events Leading up to the Abolition of the Slave Trade". Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  2. "The Progress of Events~January 1864~24th to 28th". Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  3. "Index of People". www.rc.umd.edu. 1 September 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2018.


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