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The Fearless Benjamin Lay

The Quaker Dwarf Who Became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist

Marcus Rediker

2017

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The "Quaker Comet" Was the Greatest Abolitionist You've Never Heard Of

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by Marcus Rediker via Smithsonian on September 1, 2017

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