Anthony Benezet
American abolitionist
Died when: 71 years 93 days (855 months)Star Sign: Aquarius
Anthony Benezet, born Antoine Bénézet (January 31, 1713 – May 3, 1784), was a French-American abolitionist and educator who was active in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
One of the early American abolitionists, Benezet founded one of the world's first anti-slavery societies, the Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage (after his death it was revived as the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery); the first public school for girls in North America; and the , which operated into the nineteenth century.
He was a vegetarian and advocated for the kind treatment of animals, integrating this in his teachings.
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