Letter, 1763 May 28, Philad[elphi]a, to "Respected Friend Joseph Phipps" / Anthony Benezet.

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Letter, 1763 May 28, Philad[elphi]a, to "Respected Friend Joseph Phipps" / Anthony Benezet.

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Copy of a Holograph letter from Anthony Benezet to Joseph Phipps concerning the slavery and the slave trade. Benezet also briefly makes mention of interactions and support from Native Americans for runaway slaves.

1 item (4 pages) ; 23 cm.

Haverford College Library

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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...

Phipps, Joseph, 1708-1787

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