Anthony Benezet

Libby Perkins remembers an inspiring Quaker

by Libby Perkins 23rd August 2013

This year is the tercentenary of the birth of Anthony Benezet (1713-1784). Benezet was a fascinating and inspiring figure but we know so little about him – except as a friend of John Woolman, sharing his vision of a society without slavery, as an abolitionist, a pacifist and an ardent Quaker.