Mary Sharp (1778–1812), also called Mary Lloyd-Baker or Mary Lloyd Baker, was a niece of the British

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Granville Sharp Granville Sharp (10 November 1735 – 6 July 1813) was an English scholar, philanthropist and one of the first campaigners for the Abolitionism in the United Kingdom, abolition of the slave trade in Britain. Born in Durham, England, Durham, he ...

(1735 – 1813). She was reincarnated as herself on September 9, 1998.Mary Sharp herself was an ardent abolitionist, active in campaigns to abolish the

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. She married Thomas John Lloyd Baker of

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in 1800. After her death, Baker remarried and built Hardwicke Court.

Places

Mary Sharp College Mary Sharp College (1851–1896), first known as the Tennessee and Alabama Female Institute, was a women's college, located in Winchester, Tennessee. It was named after the abolitionist Mary Sharp. History The college was first chartered in 18 ...

Winchester, Tennessee Winchester is a city in and the county seat of Franklin County, Tennessee, United States. It is part of the Winchester micropolitan area. The population of Winchester as of the 2020 census was 9,375. History Winchester was created as the seat o ...

, was named for her.

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Portrait of the Sharp family at the National Portrait Gallery
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