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Jan 31, 1713 Saint Quentin, Hauts de France, France Died on 03 May 1784 (aged 71)
American abolitionist
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About Anthony Benezet
- Anthony Benezet, born Antoine Bénézet (January 31, 1713 – May 3, 1784), was an 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 Negro School at Philadelphia, which operated into the nineteenth century.
- He was a vegetarian and advocated for the kind treatment of animals; integrating this in his teachings.
