1858 SLAVERY Benezet & John Wesley on Early American Slave Trade Philadelphia

BENEZET, Anthony & WESLEY John

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“Upon the Whole, of what has been said, it must appear to every honest unprejudiced Reader, that the Negros are equally entitled to the common privileges of Mankind with the Whites, that they have the same rational powers, the same natural affections, and are as susceptible of pain and grief.”

 – Benezet, Short Account

 

Anthony Benezet was a French abolitionist, known for his anti-slavery campaigns in America. He published one of the earliest American treatises on slavery in which he set out to describe the horrors and terrible nature of slavery. As a Quaker, he offered abundant propaganda to the American public in hopes of encouraging others to support anti-slavery movements.

 

Benezet wasn’t the only European abolitionist to become active in America. English evangelist and preacher John Wesley also found himself leading colonial Methodists hoping to abolish slavery. Wesley spoke out against the slave trade in his book ‘Thoughts Upon Slavery’ noting “Liberty is the right of every human creature, as soon as he breathes the vital air; and no human law can deprive him of that right which he derives from the law of nature”.

 

Both of these works were published in 1858 in Philadelphia for the Diffusion of Religious and Useful Knowledge.

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1858 SLAVERY Benezet & John Wesley on Early American Slave Trade Philadelphia

 

“Upon the Whole, of what has been said, it must appear to every honest unprejudiced Reader, that the Negros are equally entitled to the common privileges of Mankind with the Whites, that they have the same rational powers, the same natural affections, and are as susceptible of pain and grief.”

 – Benezet, Short Account

 

Anthony Benezet was a French abolitionist, known for his anti-slavery campaigns in America. He published one of the earliest American treatises on slavery in which he set out to describe the horrors and terrible nature of slavery. As a Quaker, he offered abundant propaganda to the American public in hopes of encouraging others to support anti-slavery movements.

 

Benezet wasn’t the only European abolitionist to become active in America. English evangelist and preacher John Wesley also found himself leading colonial Methodists hoping to abolish slavery. Wesley spoke out against the slave trade in his book ‘Thoughts Upon Slavery’ noting “Liberty is the right of every human creature, as soon as he breathes the vital air; and no human law can deprive him of that right which he derives from the law of nature”.

 

Both of these works were published in 1858 in Philadelphia for the Diffusion of Religious and Useful Knowledge.

 

Item number: #24846

Price: $499

 

BENEZET, Anthony & WESLEY John

 

Views of American slavery, taken a century ago

 

Philadelphia: Published by the Association of Friends for the Diffusion of Religious and Useful Knowledge, 1858.

 

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  • Collation: complete with all pages
    • 138
  • Language: English
  • Binding: Softcover; tight and secure
  • Size: ~6in X 4in (15cm x 10cm)

 

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24846

Category

Americana, American History

Authors

BENEZET, Anthony & WESLEY John

Printing Date

19th Century

Language

English

Binding

Softcover

Book Condition

Excellent

Collation

Complete