Talk:Anthony Benezet

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Conflict with other Wikipedia articles

This article states, "Anthony Benezet and John Woolman were the earliest American abolitionists."

However, the Wikipedia article on Roger Williams (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Williams_%28theologian%29) states, "On May 18, 1652, Rhode Island passed the first law in North America making slavery illegal.[6][7]"

Further, the Wikipedia article on Anne Hutchinson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_hutchinson) states, "She began conducting informal Bible studies and discussion groups in her home, something that gave scope to Puritan intellects.[8] Hutchinson invited her friends and neighbors, at first, all of them women. Participants felt free to question religious beliefs and to decry racial prejudice, including enslavement of Native Americans."

FredCox (talk) 17:54, 20 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's true it should say: Benezet is the founder of the first abolitionist society in world's History as all other, the british, french, spanish, portuguese, etc., were founded after from the influence of Benezet (See PÉTRÉ-GRENOUILLEAU, Abolir l'esclavage, 2008 and Maurice JACKSON, 2009) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.10.133.141 (talk) 16:53, 21 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Conflict with yet another Wikipedia article

This article states, "Anthony Benezet and John Woolman were the earliest American abolitionists."

However, the Wikipedia article on Christianity and Slavery (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_and_slavery) states, "In 1688 Dutch Quakers in Germantown, Pennsylvania, sent an antislavery petition to the Monthly Meeting of Quakers."

FredCox (talk) 19:41, 20 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Dates dont add up

The article says 'In 1731 the Benezet family migrated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded by Quakers and one of the English colonies of North America. Then 18 years old, Anthony Benezet joined John Woolman as one of the earliest American abolitionists.' Yet according to John Woolman's article, he was born in 1720, making him 11 years old in 1731. LastDodo (talk) 11:18, 28 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

British Ban on Slavery

“He believed that the ban on slavery in the British Isles should be extended to the North American and Caribbean colonies.”

The British did not ban slavery by statute until 1833. The Somerset case of 1772 was widely reported in the colonies and Benezet certainly knew about it. But that was not a central point in Benezet’s abolitionism, since his activism began much earlier. Most of his writing dates from the 1760s. Even his later books published in the 1770s consisted of pamphlets and other essays he wrote earlier, before Somerset.

The statement isn’t technically wrong, but it’s misleading. 2601:5C7:180:620:F1C5:99DF:12A1:3589 (talk) 19:13, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]