BENJAMIN LUNDY


Benjamin Lundy
Benjamin Lundy
  • Born: January 4, 1789
  • Died: August 22, 1839
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Saddler, Abolitionist Newspaper Publisher Speaker

Benjamin Lundy was an American Quaker abolitionist from New Jersey of the United States who established several anti-slavery newspapers and traveled widely. He lectured and published seeking to limit slavery's expansion and tried to find a place outside the United States to establish a colony in which freed slaves might relocate.