The Radical Empathy of Anthony Benezet

The acknowledged father of the transatlantic movement to abolish slavery, Anthony Benezet used the persecution he had suffered to inform his perspective on “others.” He became a champion of not only African Americans, but of women, indigenous people, disadvantaged humans, and also animals.

Join us at Arch Street Meeting House as Vance Lehmkuhl of the American Vegan Center shares how this devoted Quaker connected his outsized compassion with a clear-eyed strategy to change the world.