The Antislavery Influence and Writings of Anthony Benezet
by
Irv A. Brendlinger
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2006
Born in 1713 of French Huguenot stock, Philadelphia Quaker Anthony Benezet was probably the most significant force in advancing the cause against slavery and the African slave trade in the eighteenth century. However, while abolitionists like Granville Sharp, William Wilberforce, Thomas Clarkson,...