 | Let This Voice Be Heard: Anthony Benezet, Father of Atlantic Abolitionism Subjects: Benezet Anthony 1713–1784; Abolitionists -- United States -- Biography; Quakers -- United States -- Biography; Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 18th century; In the first intellectual biography of the man universally recognized in his own time as the founder of the Atlantic antislavery movement, Jackson demonstrates how Anthony Benezet mediated Enlightenment political and social thought, African travel narratives, and the ideas and experiences of ordinary people to create a new antislavery critique. Maurice Jackson teaches history at Georgetown University. |
