Saturday, April 9, 2011

Benjamin Lundy, Pioneer Quaker Abolitionist

Benjamin Lundy, Pioneer Quaker Abolitionist


One hundred years after his death, the Centennial Memorial Committee gathered at the gravesite and dedicated a bronze plaque to the pioneer abolitionist. The tribute, from Whittier, reads, "It was his lot to struggle, for years almost alone, a solitary voice crying in the wilderness, and, amidst all, faithful to his one great purpose, the emancipation of the slaves."

The Genius of Universal Emancipation

The Genius of Universal Emancipation

Lundy's papers and ideas on how he came to
produce and edit his original anti slavery paper
from Mt. Pleasant, Ohio