Author: Miss Cellania / Source: Neatorama
Benjamin Lay was one of the earliest and most radical abolitionists in America. He angered the established Quaker culture of Philadelphia so much that he is barely acknowledged in history books, but he made quite a splash in his day- literally. In 1738, he went to the Yearly Meeting of Philadelphia Quakers prepared for a storm.
Lay dressed in a military uniform and carried a sword, which he covered with an overcoat. He hid an animal bladder filled with red juice inside a book.Quakers have no formal ministers, so congregants speak as the spirit moves them. Lay was a man of large and unruly…
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