Letter, [1773 December 14, Philadelphia to "Beloved Friend" Samuel Allinson] / Anthony Benezet.

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Letter, [1773 December 14, Philadelphia to "Beloved Friend" Samuel Allinson] / Anthony Benezet.

Fragment of a Holograph letter from Anthony Benezet to Samuel Allinson.

1 item (2 pages) ; 23 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7942189

Haverford College Library

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Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784

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Anthony Benezet, born Antoine Bénézet (January 31, 1713 – May 3, 1784), was a French-American abolitionist and educator who was active in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. One of the early American abolitionists, Benezet founded one of the world's first anti-slavery societies, the Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage (after his death it was revived as the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery); the first public school for girls in North America; and t...