He lived in a cave, made his own clothes, refused to consume anything produced by slave labor, championed animal rights, and embraced vegetarianism. He wrote a fiery, controversial book against bondage that Benjamin Franklin published in 1738. He performed public guerrilla theater to shame slave masters, insisting that human bondage violated the fundamental principles of Christianity. Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315ĭetails Description 212 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, portraits 24 cm Summary "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. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.
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