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   Anthony Benezet (1713-1784) was a French-born American abolitionist and teacher who founded one of the first anti-slavery societies and the first public girls' school in North America. He was a Quaker, a vegetarian, a teetotaller and an advocate for racial equality and universal love.

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   Learn about Anthony Benezet, a 18th-century American educator, abolitionist, and social reformer who taught girls, blacks, and other minorities. He also wrote and distributed pamphlets against slavery and the slave trade, and left his estate to endow a school for blacks.

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   Jul 19, 2023 · Anthony Benezet, a renowned Quaker educator, and abolitionist, has left an indelible mark on society with his unwavering commitment to justice and equality.

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   Learn about the life and legacy of Anthony Benezet, a French-born Quaker who taught black and white students, challenged slavery, and helped refugees in colonial America. Read his writings, testimonies, and epistles on social justice and human rights.

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   Anthony Benezet is recognized as the founder of the antislavery movement in America in the mid-1700s. Benezet believed the British ban on slavery should have been extended to the colonies, and work...

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   Learn about Anthony Benezet, a prominent Quaker who fought against slavery and advocated for black rights in colonial America. He founded a school for free blacks, wrote antislavery tracts, and influenced many abolitionists.

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   • Anthony Benezet (January 31, 1713 – May 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.

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   Where was Anthony Benezet born?

   • Anthony Benezet was born in Saint-Quentin, France (January 31, 1713). He and his family later fled Huguenot persecution in France, first to Holland and then to London.

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   When did Anthony Benezet die?

   • Anthony Benezet died in 1784 at the age of seventy-one. 400 of Philadelphia's black citizens turned out to mourn his passing.

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   What was Anthony Benezet's occupation?

   • In London, Anthony Benezet trained as an apprentice in a mercantile business but later left to work as a commercial trader. In 1731, the Benezet family moved to Philadelphia, where Anthony continued his career as a commercial trader and started attending Quaker meetings.

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   Jun 11, 2018 · Learn about Anthony Benezet, a French-born Quaker who taught in Philadelphia and wrote against slavery, war, and inhumanity. He founded a school for blacks and corresponded with other abolitionists in England and France.