The fearless Benjamin Lay
the quaker dwarf who became the first revolutionary abolitionist
- ISBN: 9781786634726
- Editorial: Verso Books
- Fecha de la edición: 2023
- Lugar de la edición: London. Reino Unido
- Encuadernación: Rústica
- Medidas: 22 cm
- Nº Pág.: 236
- Idiomas: Inglés
The Fearless Benjamin Lay chronicles the transatlantic life and times of a singular and astonishing man-a Quaker dwarf who became one of the first ever to demand the total, unconditional emancipation of all enslaved Africans around the world. He performed public guerrilla theatre to shame slave masters, insisting that human bondage violated the fundamental principles of Christianity. He wrote a fiery, controversial book against bondage that Benjamin Franklin published in 1738. He lived in a cave, made his own clothes, refused to consume anything produced by slave labour, championed animal rights, and embraced vegetarianism. He acted on his ideals to create a new, practical, revolutionary way of life.
Introduction: Prophet against slavery
Early life
"A man of strife & contention"
Philadelphia's "Men of renown"
How slave keepers became apostates
Books and a new life
Death, memory, impact
Conclusion: The giant oak
