Philedalphia Abolitionists Benjamin Lay was a radical religious leader who advocated for the abolition of slavery through his Quaker beliefs. He asked Benjamin Franklin to publish one of the earliest printed North American antislavery documents. Faces of Slavery in the U.S. and Morocco IntroductionPolitical ElitesEuropeKing Charles IIKing Louis XIVEmperor Charles VWilliam WilberforceMoroccoSultan Moulay Isma'il Ibn SharifUnited StatesThomas JeffersonDeclaration of IndependenceNorth-West ordinanceJohn AdamsMassachusetts Constitution of 1780Mumbet Court CaseSub-Saharan AfricaKing of Abomey - King BehanzinKing/Founder of the Kingdom of Kongo- Lukeni Iua NimiBritish Consul of the Bight of Biafra - Benjamin CampbellOba of Benin - Slave Trading Port in SaviKing Jaja of Opobo- Opobo City-StateThought LeadersAbolition in the Americas Philedalphia AbolitionistsOutside Influences in MoroccoReligion affiliation Everyday CitizensCaptains and ShipsJohn NewtonRobert MitchellJohn Kimber Jonathan WalkerShip RoutesReligious IndividualsAnthony BenezetMastersOwnersOwner Profile: Anthony JohnsonTradersEnslaved PeopleMaps DemographicsScience & MedicineEnslaved ResistanceHarriett TubmanFrederick DouglassNat TurnerOlaudah EquianoAmistadReligionChristian DoctorineIslamic Justification for Slavery in MoroccoSongs of the Enslaved in the United StatesCharles Ball on Religion and RevolutionNarratives of the EnslavedOlaudah EquianoCharles BallThe Slave Ship BrookesLegal FrameworksDred Scott CaseEmancipation ProclamationBlack CodesThe Thirteenth AmendmentBibliographyPersonal Reflections ← Abolition in the Americas Outside Influences in Morocco → Thought LeadersAbolition in the Americas Philedalphia Abolitionists