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• Annotation:
• "Prophet against Slavery illustrates the life and times of an eighteenth-century dwarf abolitionist who performed guerrilla theater against slaveowners and became one of the first to demand immediate and abolition."
• Creators:
• Author - Paul Buhle
• Illustrator - David Lester
• Author - Marcus Rediker
• Publication Information:
• Beacon Press, Boston, 2021
• Color or Black & White:
• 
• Genre:
• Biography
• Bibliography Available:
• No
• Original Language:
• English
• Historical Topic/Event:
• Quaker
• Slavery
• Abolitionist
• Geographic Setting:
• Barbados
• England-London
• Pennsylvania-Abington
• Date Range:
• 1682 - 1759
• Tags:
• Quaker, Dwarf; antislavery movement, Abolitionist, Benjamin Lay, The Lollards, Abolition
• Notes:
• Text adapted from The fearless Benjamin Lay: the Quaker Dwarf Who Became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist""
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