Anthony Benezet

"Benezet instructing colored children"'<BR>Illustration by [[John Warner Barber]] in a book from 1850 Anthony Benezet (January 31, 1713May 3, 1784) 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, the Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage. He also founded the first public school for girls in North America and the Negro School at Philadelphia, which operated into the nineteenth century. Benezet advocated for kind treatment of animals, racial equality and universal love. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Author: Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784
    Published 1776
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    Thoughts on the nature of war, &c
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    Author: Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784
    Published 1780
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    A short account of the people called Quakers : their rise, religious principles and settlement in America, mostly collected from different authors, for the information of all serious inquirers, particularly foreigners
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    Author: Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784
    Published 1781
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    Notes on the slave trade
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    Author: Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784
    Published 1788
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    Some historical account of Guinea, its situation, produce and the general disposition of its inhabitants : with an inquiry into the rise and progress of the slave trade, its nature and lamentable effects
  5. 45
    Author: Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784
    Published 1969
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    Views of American Slavery
  6. 46
    Published 1782
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    The Plainness and innocent simplicity of the Christian religion : with its salutary effects, compared to the corrupting nature and dreadful effects of war .
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    The plain path to Christian perfection, shewing that we are to seek for reconciliation and union with God, solely by renouncing ourselves, denying the world, and following our blessed saviour in the regeneration /
  8. 48
    Author: Cooper, David
    Published 1772
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    A mite cast into the treasury, or, Observations on slave-keeping
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    The plain path to Christian perfection, shewing that we are to seek for reconciliation and union with God
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    Author: Cooper, David, 1725-1795
    Published 1783
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    A serious address to the rulers of America, on the inconsistency of their conduct respecting slavery; forming a contrast between the encroachments of England on American liberty, and American injustice in tolerating slavery ...
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    Author: Cooper, David, 1725-1795
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    A serious address to the rulers of America : on the inconsistency of their conduct respecting slavery ; forming a contrast between the encroachments of England on American liberty, and American injustice in tolerating slavery
  12. 52
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    The case of our fellow-creatures, the oppressed Africans : respectfully recommended to the serious consideration of the legislature of Great Britain, by the people called Quakers
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    Published 1784
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    The case of our fellow creatures, the oppressed Africans, respectfully recommended to the serious consideration of the legislature of Great-Britain by the people called Quakers
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    The case of our fellow-creatures, the oppressed Africans : respectfully recommended to the serious consideration of the legislature of Great Britain
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    Published 1774
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    The Potent enemies of America laid open : being some account of the baneful effects attending the use of distilled spirituous liquors, and the slavery of the negroes.
  16. 56
    Author: Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691
    Published 1785
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    Baxter's directions to slave-holders, revived : first printed in London, in the year 1673. To which is subjoined, A letter from the worthy Anthony Benezet ... to the celebrated Abbe Raynal, with his answer, which were first published in the Brussels Gazette, March 7, 1782
  17. 57
    Author: Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691
    Published 1785
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    Baxter's directions to slave-holders, revived : first printed in London, in the year 1673. To which is subjoined, A letter from the worthy Anthony Benezet ... to the celebrated Abbe Raynal, with his answer, which were first published in the Brussels Gazette, March 7, 1782.
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    Published 1773
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    A collection of religious tracts

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