Dictionary.net

A Quaker preacher and anti-slavery writer; born in Northampton, N. J., August, 1720; died in York, England, Oct. 5, 1772. His writings contain the earliest protest published in America against the slave trade. His works include: "Some Considerations on the Keeping of Negroes" (Philadelphia, 1753 and 1762); "Considerations on Pure Wisdom", etc. (1768); "Considerations on the True Harmony of Mankind", etc. (1770); "Epistles to Quarterly Meetings of Friends", etc. (1772). His "Journal of Life and Travels" was published in Philadelphia in 1775, and edited by Whittier, 1871.