The Fearless Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Dwarf Who Became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist - Couverture rigide

Rediker, Marcus

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ISBN 10 : 1786634716 ISBN 13 : 9781786634719

Editeur : Verso Books, 2017

Synopsis

The Fearless Benjamin Lay chronicles the transatlantic life and times of a singular and astonishing man-a Quaker dwarf who became one of the first ever to demand the total, unconditional emancipation of all enslaved Africans around the world. He performed public guerrilla theatre to shame slave masters, insisting that human bondage violated the fundamental principles of Christianity. He wrote a fiery, controversial book against bondage that Benjamin Franklin published in 1738. He lived in a cave, made his own clothes, refused to consume anything produced by slave labour, championed animal rights, and embraced vegetarianism. He acted on his ideals to create a new, practical, revolutionary way of life.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Marcus Rediker is Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburgh and Senior Research Fellow at the College d'etudes mondiales in Paris. He is the author of numerous prize-winning books, including The Many-Headed Hydra (with Peter Linebaugh), The Slave Ship, and The Amistad Rebellion. He produced the award-winning documentary film Ghosts of Amistad about the popular memory of the Amistad rebellion of 1839 in contemporary Sierra Leone.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Verso Books
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1786634716
• ISBN 13: 9781786634719
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 224
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