Libby Perkins remembers an inspiring Quaker

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.