Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
His name is little-known in America, but Anthony Benezet made some of the most forceful arguments for abolishing the slave trade in the 18th century. Hear how Benezet translated ideas from Enlightenment philosophy, African travel, Quakerism, practical life, and the Bible into concrete action that recruited many to his cause, and helped spread ideas and create a broad social network.
Guests
- Maurice Jackson Professor of History, Georgetown University; author of "Let This Voice Be Heard: Anthony Benezet, Father of Atlantic Abolitionism" (Univ. of Pennsylvania Press)
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