The Fearless Benjamin Lay : The Quaker Dwarf Who Became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist Hardback
by Marcus Rediker
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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.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:224 pages, 12pp colour plate section
- Publisher:Verso Books
- Publication Date:05/09/2017
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- ISBN:9781786634719
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Out of Stock - We are unable to provide an estimated availability date for this product
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:224 pages, 12pp colour plate section
- Publisher:Verso Books
- Publication Date:05/09/2017
- Category:
- ISBN:9781786634719