All slave-keepers that keep the innocent in bondage, apostates pretending to lay claim to the pure & holy Christian religion [electronic resource] : of what congregation so ever; but especially in their ministers, by whose example the filthy leprosy and apostacy is spread far and near; it is a notorious sin, which many of the true Friends of Christ, and his pure truth, called Quakers, has been for many years, and still are concern'd to write and bear testimony against; as a practice so gross & hurtful to religion, and destructive to government, beyond what words can set forth, or can be declared of by men or angels, and yet lived in by ministers and magistrates in America. The leaders of the people cause them to err. Written for a general service, by him that truly and sincerely desires the present and eternal welfare and happiness of all mankind, all the world over, of all colours, and nations, as his own soul; Benjamin Lay.
1737
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All slave-keepers that keep the innocent in bondage, apostates pretending to lay claim to the pure & holy Christian religion [electronic resource] : of what congregation so ever; but especially in their ministers, by whose example the filthy leprosy and apostacy is spread far and near; it is a notorious sin, which many of the true Friends of Christ, and his pure truth, called Quakers, has been for many years, and still are concern'd to write and bear testimony against; as a practice so gross & hurtful to religion, and destructive to government, beyond what words can set forth, or can be declared of by men or angels, and yet lived in by ministers and magistrates in America. The leaders of the people cause them to err. Written for a general service, by him that truly and sincerely desires the present and eternal welfare and happiness of all mankind, all the world over, of all colours, and nations, as his own soul; Benjamin Lay.
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Lay, Benjamin, 1677-1759.
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Philadelphia : Printed [by Benjamin Franklin] for the author, 1737 [i.e., 1738]
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United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
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English
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271, [9] p. ; 8⁰.
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Dated on p. 253: Abington, the 29th of the 3d mo. 1738.
Ascribed to the press of Benjamin Franklin by Miller.
Errata statement, p. [278].
"An address to the Elders of the Church" (on slave-keeping), by William Burling, p.[6]-10.
Reproduction of original from Library of Congress.
Ascribed to the press of Benjamin Franklin by Miller.
Errata statement, p. [278].
"An address to the Elders of the Church" (on slave-keeping), by William Burling, p.[6]-10.
Reproduction of original from Library of Congress.
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Evans, 4149
Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 556
Miller, C.W. Franklin, 134
Sabin, 39465
Smith, J. Friends' books, 2.93
English Short Title Catalog, W9836.
Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 556
Miller, C.W. Franklin, 134
Sabin, 39465
Smith, J. Friends' books, 2.93
English Short Title Catalog, W9836.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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