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Prophet Against Slavery: Benjamin Lay: A Graphic Novel

  • 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:
  • Publication Information:
    • Beacon Press, Boston, 2021
  • Color or Black & White:
    • Black and 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:
  • Notes:
    • Text adapted from The fearless Benjamin Lay: the Quaker Dwarf Who Became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist""
Graphic History

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Funded in part by a Carnegie-Whitney Grant from the American Library Association.

Graphic History is a database of available/in-print graphic novels dealing with historical settings, events, or people. It is hosted by the University of Iowa Libraries.
Learn more at http://guides.lib.uiowa.edu/graphichistory.

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