A Conversation for Benjamin Lay, Quaker and Abolitionist

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pailaway - (an utterly gratuitous link in the evolutionary chain)


"...and there was a Quaker meeting nearby he could torment" smiley - laugh

very good smiley - ok


I was not aware of this man - but I do recall reading about this Benezet that you mention, a postdecessor of his, who said something like "when people speak of freedom, they mean their own and they seldom allow their thoughts to stray to that of other's"


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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor

Oh, that's a good quote. smiley - smiley Thank you.

I ran across these folks while writing a history lesson, and I felt that Lay needed a little more publicity. smiley - winkeye


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