With the collapse of Kerr’s action Granville Sharp was no longer a defendant and Jonathan Strong was no longer at risk of being re-enslaved by Kerr or David Lisle. At this point Sharp could have ended his legal studies and returned to his flute and his monotonous job at the Ordnance Office. But he did not. In 1769, he published his book, A Representation of the Injustice and Dangerous Tendency of Tolerating Slavery, or of Admitting the Least Claim of Private Property in the Persons of Men, in England.
