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Abington (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): entry lay-benjamin
Lay, Benjamin 1681-1760 Philanthropist; born in Colchester, England, in 1681; came to the United States and settled in Abington, Pa. He was one of the first antislavery advocates. In order to express his feeling against the owners of slaves, he once filled a bladder with blood and carried it into a Quaker meeting, where in the presence of the worshippers he pierced it with a sword which he had concealed under his coat, and, sprinkling the blood on the persons nearest to him, cried, Thus srder to express his feeling against the owners of slaves, he once filled a bladder with blood and carried it into a Quaker meeting, where in the presence of the worshippers he pierced it with a sword which he had concealed under his coat, and, sprinkling the blood on the persons nearest to him, cried, Thus shall God shed the blood of those who enslave their fellow-creatures. He was the author of All Slavekeepers, that keep the innocent in bondage, apostates. He died in Abington, Pa., in 1760.
United States (United States) (search for this): entry lay-benjamin
Lay, Benjamin 1681-1760 Philanthropist; born in Colchester, England, in 1681; came to the United States and settled in Abington, Pa. He was one of the first antislavery advocates. In order to express his feeling against the owners of slaves, he once filled a bladder with blood and carried it into a Quaker meeting, where in the presence of the worshippers he pierced it with a sword which he had concealed under his coat, and, sprinkling the blood on the persons nearest to him, cried, Thus shall God shed the blood of those who enslave their fellow-creatures. He was the author of All Slavekeepers, that keep the innocent in bondage, apostates. He died in Abington, Pa., in 1760.
Colchester (United Kingdom) (search for this): entry lay-benjamin
Lay, Benjamin 1681-1760 Philanthropist; born in Colchester, England, in 1681; came to the United States and settled in Abington, Pa. He was one of the first antislavery advocates. In order to express his feeling against the owners of slaves, he once filled a bladder with blood and carried it into a Quaker meeting, where in the presence of the worshippers he pierced it with a sword which he had concealed under his coat, and, sprinkling the blood on the persons nearest to him, cried, Thus shall God shed the blood of those who enslave their fellow-creatures. He was the author of All Slavekeepers, that keep the innocent in bondage, apostates. He died in Abington, Pa., in 1760.
Lay, Benjamin 1681-1760 Philanthropist; born in Colchester, England, in 1681; came to the United States and settled in Abington, Pa. He was one of the first antislavery advocates. In order to express his feeling against the owners of slaves, he once filled a bladder with blood and carried it into a Quaker meeting, where in the presence of the worshippers he pierced it with a sword which he had concealed under his coat, and, sprinkling the blood on the persons nearest to him, cried, Thus shall God shed the blood of those who enslave their fellow-creatures. He was the author of All Slavekeepers, that keep the innocent in bondage, apostates. He died in Abington, Pa., in 1760.
Lay, Benjamin 1681-1760 Philanthropist; born in Colchester, England, in 1681; came to the United States and settled in Abington, Pa. He was one of the first antislavery advocates. In order to express his feeling against the owners of slaves, he once filled a bladder with blood and carried it into a Quaker meeting, where in the presence of the worshippers he pierced it with a sword which he had concealed under his coat, and, sprinkling the blood on the persons nearest to him, cried, Thus shorder to express his feeling against the owners of slaves, he once filled a bladder with blood and carried it into a Quaker meeting, where in the presence of the worshippers he pierced it with a sword which he had concealed under his coat, and, sprinkling the blood on the persons nearest to him, cried, Thus shall God shed the blood of those who enslave their fellow-creatures. He was the author of All Slavekeepers, that keep the innocent in bondage, apostates. He died in Abington, Pa., in 1760.
Lay, Benjamin 1681-1760 Philanthropist; born in Colchester, England, in 1681; came to the United States and settled in Abington, Pa. He was one of the first antislavery advocates. In order to express his feeling against the owners of slaves, he once filled a bladder with blood and carried it into a Quaker meeting, where in the presence of the worshippers he pierced it with a sword which he had concealed under his coat, and, sprinkling the blood on the persons nearest to him, cried, Thus sh1681; came to the United States and settled in Abington, Pa. He was one of the first antislavery advocates. In order to express his feeling against the owners of slaves, he once filled a bladder with blood and carried it into a Quaker meeting, where in the presence of the worshippers he pierced it with a sword which he had concealed under his coat, and, sprinkling the blood on the persons nearest to him, cried, Thus shall God shed the blood of those who enslave their fellow-creatures. He was the author of All Slavekeepers, that keep the innocent in bondage, apostates. He died in Abington, Pa., in 1760.