Benjamin Lundy
American Quaker abolitionist (1789-1839) · United States · On the map · Journalists · Died at 50
Benjamin Lundy was an American Quaker abolitionist from New Jersey of the United States who established several anti-slavery newspapers and traveled widely.
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![In 1823, Benjamin Lundy published a woodcut depicting a coffle of marching south under the 24-star American flag, a scene that had been witnessed by a correspondent visiting Paris, Kentucky on September 17, 1822.[3] (Genius of Universal Emancipation, Greeneville, Tennessee, January 1823)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Genius_of_Universal_Emancipation_Benjamin_Lundy_January_1823_Greeneville_Tennessee_1823-01_Volume_2%2C_Issue_7%2C_p_97%2C_whole_no._19.jpg/1280px-Genius_of_Universal_Emancipation_Benjamin_Lundy_January_1823_Greeneville_Tennessee_1823-01_Volume_2%2C_Issue_7%2C_p_97%2C_whole_no._19.jpg)
In 1823, Benjamin Lundy published a woodcut depicting a coffle of marching south under the 24-star American flag, a scene that had been witnessed by a correspondent visiting Paris, Kentucky on September 17, 1822.[3] (Genius of Universal Emancipation, Greeneville, Tennessee, January 1823)
Lundy's house in Mount PleasantAbout this person
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.
Country
United States
Category
Journalists
Type
Journalist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1789 to 1839 · aged 50
