Letter, 1773 April 28, Philad[elphi]a to "Dear Friend John Fothergill" / [Anthony Benezet].

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Letter, 1773 April 28, Philad[elphi]a to "Dear Friend John Fothergill" / [Anthony Benezet].

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Holograph letter from Anthony Benezet to John Fothergill. Benezet discusses his views on slavery and concerns surrounding the manumission of large numbers of people at one time.

1 item (4 pages) ; 25 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...

Fothergill, John, 1712-1780

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John Fothergill was an English Quaker physician and naturalist, and was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1770. From the description of Letters, 1737-1750, to Charles Alston. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 86165478 Physician Joseph Carson taught medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The College of Philadelphia's Medical School, founded in 1765, became known as the University of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Medicine In 1779. ...