Item #37075 A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE PEOPLE CALLED QUAKERS; THEIR RISE, RELIGIOUS PRINCIPLES AND SETTLEMENTS IN AMERICA. MOSTLY COLLECTED FROM DIFFERENT AUTHORS, FOR THE INFORMATION OF ALL SERIOUS INQUIRERS, PARTICULARLY FOREIGNERS. THE THIRD EDITION. BY ANTHONY BENEZET. Anthony Benezet.

A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE PEOPLE CALLED QUAKERS; THEIR RISE, RELIGIOUS PRINCIPLES AND SETTLEMENTS IN AMERICA. MOSTLY COLLECTED FROM DIFFERENT AUTHORS, FOR THE INFORMATION OF ALL SERIOUS INQUIRERS, PARTICULARLY FOREIGNERS. THE THIRD EDITION. BY ANTHONY BENEZET.

Philadelphia: Printed by Enoch Story, at his Printing-Office... 1783. 40pp, stitching gone. Inner margin and corner lightened [no effect on text]. Lightly toned, else Very Good.

Benezet explains the Quakers' stance on slavery and the slave trade, unequivocally prohibiting their "being, in any respect, concerned in support of this infamous traffick..."
Evans 17840. Hildeburn 4272. LCP 1078. ESTC W18702. Item #37075

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