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    Benjamin Lay (January 26, 1682 – February 8, 1759) was an English-born writer, farmer and activist. Born in Copford, Essex into a Quaker family, he initially...
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  • The Fearless Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Dwarf Who Became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist is a biography of Benjamin Lay written by Marcus Rediker and...
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  • Sarah Smith Lay, wife of abolitionist Benjamin Lay, and Quaker, was born in Rochester, Kent County, England. She was known as a well respected woman in...
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    optometrist and politician Benjamin Lay (1682–1759), Anglo-American abolitionist, activist, and humanitarian Benjamin Leiner (Benny Leonard; the "Ghetto...
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    practice arose among Friends, best exemplified by the testimonies of Benjamin Lay, Anthony Benezet and John Woolman, and this resulted in an abolition...
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    worked on the production of a one-man show based on Quaker abolitionist Benjamin Lay with playwright Naomi Wallace as well as a documentary on La Amistad...
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    height. Şehzade Cihangir Mahmud I Godfrey IV, Duke of Lower Lorraine Benjamin Lay Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Margaret of Bavaria (1442–1479) Pepin the...
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  • Benjamin Lay (1681–1760), English Quaker and abolitionist Bob Lay (1944–2022), Australian sprinter Caren Lay (born 1972), German politician Carol Lay...
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  • Prophet Against Slavery: Benjamin Lay, a Graphic Novel is a graphic novel illustrated by David Lester and the editors of the book are Marcus Rediker and...
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    vegetarian Quakers in the colonial-era Province of Pennsylvania, including Benjamin Lay and John Woolman. His reasons for vegetarianism were based on health...
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