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Have a statue made and erected for Glanville Sharp.

Submitted on Wednesday 16th June 2021

Rejected on Tuesday 22nd June 2021

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)

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Have a statue made and erected for Glanville Sharp.

Petition Details

Granville Sharp was one of the first British campaigners for the abolition of the slave trade. He also involved himself in trying to correct other social injustices. Sharp formulated the plan to settle black people in Sierra Leone, and founded the St George's Bay Company.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

Decisions about individual historical monuments, statues, plaques and street names are a matter for the local authority in which they are located and private landowners, not the UK Government or Parliament.

If you want to raise concerns about a particular historical monument or statue or request a new monument or statue be erected you should contact your local authority about this.

The Local Government Association has published an advice note to help councils work to ensure all sections of the community feel heard by decision-makers and each other: www.local.gov.uk/topics/community-safety/statues

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