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About Anthony Benezet
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, 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.
Everything about Anthony Benezet →- Occupation
- school teacher, peace activist
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- January 31, 1713
- Died
- May 3, 1784