Anthony Benezet

"Benezet instructing colored children"'<BR>Illustration by [[John Warner Barber]] in a book from 1850 Anthony Benezet (January 31, 1713May 3, 1784) was a French-born American abolitionist and teacher who was active in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A prominent member of the abolitionist movement in North America, Benezet founded one of the world's first anti-slavery societies, the Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage. He also founded the first public school for girls in North America and the Negro School at Philadelphia, which operated into the nineteenth century. Benezet advocated for kind treatment of animals, racial equality and universal love. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Some Historical Account of Guinea, Its Situation, Produce, and the General Disposition of Its Inhabitants An Inquiry into the Rise and Progress of the Slave Trade, Its Nature and Lamentable Effects

    Some Historical Account of Guinea, Its Situation, Produce, and the General Disposition of Its Inhabitants An Inquiry into the Rise and Progress of the Slave Trade, Its Nature and L... by Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784

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    A caution to Great Britain and her colonies, in a short representation of the calamitous state of the enslaved Negroes in the British dominions

    A caution to Great Britain and her colonies, in a short representation of the calamitous state of the enslaved Negroes in the British dominions by Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784

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