All slave-keepers that keep the innocent in bondage, apostates pretending to lay claim to the pure & holy Christian religion; : 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.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lay, Benjamin, 1677-1759, author.

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 4149.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery and the church--Society of Friends.

Slavery and the church.

Slavery--United States--Controversial literature.

Slavery.

Controversial literature.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (271 pages, 9 unnumbered pages)

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia: : Printed [by Benjamin Franklin] for the author., 1737 [id est, 1738]

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Dated on pages 253: Abington, the 29th of the 3d mo. 1738.

Ascribed to the press of Benjamin Franklin by Miller.

Errata statement, pages [278].

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 4149).

Cited in:

Evans 4149

Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 556

Miller, C.W. Franklin, 134

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