Posted on 05/10/2025 4:03:15 PM PDT by ProgressingAmerica
I am so happy to announce that today Memoirs of the Life of Anthony Benezet is now available in audio. When it comes to the Abolitionist Founding Fathers, this is the guy who ties it all together.
In order to restore American history from all of the damage that progressives have done to it, making it easier for people to be reminded of or learn of the important people is essential.
Many of the prominent Founding Fathers were abolitionist. Many more opposed slavery. Who did they have correspondence with? Anthony Benezet.
Patrick Henry knew of Anthony Benezet and his work.
Anthony Benezet is credited with converting Benjamin Franklin into an abolitionist.
Anthony Benezet also worked directly with Benjamin Rush in the fight against slavery.
Benezet's works can also be found in the John Adams library.
South Carolinian Henry Laurens, during the time he penned his abolitionist pamphlet, was sending letters to Anthony Benezet.
This is the guy. He was everywhere. And he didn't just get abolitionism started in the U.S. before the U.S. was the U.S., the major abolitionists in Britain also were heavily influenced by Benezet's works. Granville Sharp, John Wesley, and Thomas Clarkson were all influenced by Benezet - later Wilberforce as well.
The only point of sadness I have at this moment is that I believe most people (in particular those who adore American history and specifically the Founding) will not bother to either read this, listen to it, or take time to seek out other books written about Benezet and discover his profound impact upon early American abolitionism. Its a gut feeling I hope I am incorrect about, but I cannot escape it.
The 1619 Project is still out there and this is the one thing, the only thing, that can stand in its way. The Abolitionist Founding Fathers is the cure to The 1619 Project.
Ping to ping list, and a friendly to a couple of others who may or may not have any interest.
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