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Anthony Benezet And The Social Activist

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Within the Quaker community are legends of the founders who forged the path to what Friends represent today. John Woolman, Lucretia Coffin Mott, Benjamin Lay, and George Fox were all well-known and modern-thinkers of their time, but when digging deeper, one can find the unsung heroes who have also helped countless lives in impossible ways. Anthony Benezet was one of these men; a profoundly compassionate Quaker who had ideas about equality that would eventually change the world. Benezet worked not only to incorporate Quakerism within his everyday life, but into others’ as well. He was a scholar, a teacher, and a philanthropist. But he was known most for his help in the Abolition movement. He disregarded the social norm with his peace movements,
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