Quaker Comet: Benjamin Lay: Anti-Slavery Pioneer

by Roberts Vaux

Born near Colchester in 1681, Benjamin Lay overcame disability to become an outspoken early opponent of slavery, both in Barbados and later in Pennsylvania.'Quaker Comet' includes the pioneering biography of 'Little Benjamin' by Roberts Vaux, an introduction, notes, and autobiographical extracts from Lay's 1737 book on the evils of the African slave trade. The book ends with a selection of early texts relating to Quakerism and slavery.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1792729340
• ISBN13: 9781792729348
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 60 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.1" x 5.5"