Anthony Benezet
Libby Perkins remembers an inspiring Quaker
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.
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