The “Quaker Comet” Was the Greatest Abolitionist You’ve Never Heard Of Overlooked by historians, Benjamin Lay was one of the nation’s first radicals to argue for an end to slavery ...

Benjamin Lay, a radical Quaker dwarf called for the end of slavery over a century before the Civil War started in America. The abolitionist lived in Barbados and Philadelphia and befriending ...

April 21, 2025 Play about a confrontational Quaker abolitionist in Philly in the 1700s is a show 'for the moment' Benjamin Lay inspired his congregation to turn against slavery.

Benjamin Lay, a white Quaker, was one of the first abolitionists to denounce slavery. A TikTok user named Mr. Crim 3, shed light on the freedom fighter's sparsely known story.

John Woolman (1720-1772) was an American Quaker who took an early stand against slavery.

It was the site of a June 9, 1849, lecture by the nation’s most famous Black abolitionist of his day — orator Frederick Douglass. And while it was not... advertisement ...

HIGH POINT — How committed is local historian and author Linda Willard to the notion of Quakers opposing slavery? “I’m so opposed to the idea that a person can be owned that I refused to ...

In 1773, a Quaker abolitionist sent Henry an antislavery pamphlet. When I first began reading Henry’s answer, I thought the pamphlet had done its trick. In line after line, ...

JONESBOROUGH, Tenn. (WJHL) – Jonesborough is home to the first publication dedicated to the abolitionist movement named “The Emancipator.” It called for the freeing of slaves deca… ...

Historical marker where Frederick Douglass spoke to a group of quaker abolitionist in 1849 on Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, in Saratoga, N.Y. Lori Van Buren/Times Union.