# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benjamin-lay
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:35:36.046Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benjamin-lay"
name: "Benjamin Lay"
slug: "benjamin-lay"
description: "Benjamin Lay was an English-born writer, farmer and activist. Born in Copford, Essex into a Quaker family, he underwent an apprenticeship as a glovemaker before running away to London and finding work as a sailor. In 1718, Lay moved to the British colony of Barbados, which operated a plantation economy dependent on slave labour. While working as a merchant, his shock at the brutal treatment of slaves in Barbados led Lay to develop lifelong abolitionist principles, which were reinforced by his humanitarian ideals and Quaker beliefs."
tagline: "American Quaker activist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Williams%2C_Sr._-_Benjamin_Lay_-_NPG.79.171_-_National_Portrait_Gallery.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1682-01-26"
deathDate: "1759-02-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.42
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.80994666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "بینجمن لے"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بنجامين لاي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Lay"
    title: "Benjamin Lay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Lay"
    title: "Benjamin Lay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Lay"
    title: "Benjamin Lay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Lay"
    title: "Benjamin Lay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Lay"
    title: "Benjamin Lay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Lay"
    title: "Benjamin Lay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%99%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%9F%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4"
    title: "ベンジャミン・レイ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Lay"
    title: "Benjamin Lay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%8D%D0%B9%2C_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Лэй, Бенджамин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Lay"
    title: "Benjamin Lay"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q349497"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump