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Anthony Benezet
French-American teacher
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,... Wikipedia
Born: January 31, 1713, Saint-Quentin, France
Died: May 3, 1784 (age 71 years), Philadelphia, PA
Known for: Advocacy for abolition
Parents: Judith de la Méjanelle and Jean-Etienne Benezet
He was interested in many social issues and wrote about temperance, pacifism and Native American reform. Upon his death in 1784 he willed his estate to support ...
Benezet immigrated to Philadelphia in 1731 and became a schoolmaster, teaching a day school for Quaker children, and tutoring slave and free blacks in the same ...
Benezet wrote many letters and pamphlets on the immorality of slavery and published them at his own expense, distributing them in America and Britain. His life ...