Anthony Benezet (January 31, 1713 – May 3, 1784) was a French-born American abolitionist and teacher who was active in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A prominent...

Philadelphia school for African Americans. Quaker teacher and abolitionist Anthony Benezet founded the school in 1770. Before opening a dedicated school building...

among Friends, best exemplified by the testimonies of Benjamin Lay, Anthony Benezet and John Woolman, and this resulted in an abolition movement among...

Benjamin Lay, Ralph Sandiford, William Southby, John Woolman, and Anthony Benezet. Benezet was particularly influential, inspiring a later generation of notable...

firmer hold. A new generation of Quakers, including John Woolman, Anthony Benezet, and David Cooper, protested against slavery, and demanded that Quaker...

British America, dedicated to the abolition of slavery, was formed by Anthony Benezet in 1775. A year later, the Declaration of Independence announced that...

The name Benezet or the accented Bénézet may refer to: Saint Benezet (c. 1163 – 1184), medieval saint Anthony Benezet (1713–1784), Quaker educationalist...

of Penn Center. It was erected in 1905 and named after Frenchman, Anthony Benezet, who stood for freedom in the mid- and late-1870's. The female teachers...

scientist (18 September 1783) "We have lived long, in love and peace." — Anthony Benezet, French-American abolitionist and educator (3 May 1784), to his wife...

darkness" Two other early prominent Friends to denounce slavery were Anthony Benezet and John Woolman. They asked the Quakers, "What thing in the world...