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The little-known story of an eighteenth-century Quaker dwarf who fiercely attacked slavery and imagined a new, more humane way of life In The Fearless Benjamin Lay, renowned historian Marcus Rediker chronicles the transatlantic life and times of a singular man—a Quaker dwarf who demanded the total, unconditional emancipation of all enslaved Africans around the world. Mocked and scorned by his contemporaries, Lay was unflinching in his opposition to slavery, often performing colorful guerrilla theater to shame slave masters, insisting that human bondage violated the fundamental principles of Christianity. He drew on his ideals to create a revolutionary way of life, one that embodied the pro...
Joseph Farrington (ca. 1660-1691), a Quaker, immigrated (probably from England, possibly from Ireland) to Philadelphia and lived there and in the Burlington County, New Jersey area; he married twice. Descen- dants and relatives lived in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, North Caro- lina, mid-western states, Wyoming, Washington and elsewhere.
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A collection of Benezet's letters and minor writings, preceded by an account of his life.
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