Anthony Benezet
Anthony Benezet 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.
A caution to Great Britain and her colonies, in a short representation of the calamitous state of the enslaved Negroes in the British dominions
Witness the brutal realities of slavery in the British Empire as a passionate voice cries out against the inhumane injustice.
By Anthony Benezet
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
Discover the untold story of a vibrant land and its people, threatened by the rise of a brutal trade that sought to strip them of their humanity.
By Anthony Benezet