The Atlantic World of Anthony Benezet (1713-1784) - From French Reformation to North American Quaker Antislavery Activism

In The Atlantic World of Anthony Benezet (1713-1784): From French Reformation to North American Quaker Antislavery Activism, Marie-Jeanne Rossignol and Bertrand Van Ruymbeke offer the first scholarly volume examining Anthony Benezet, inspirator of 18th-century antislavery activism, as an Atlantic figure.

About the author

Marie-Jeanne Rossignol, PhD (1990), University Paris Diderot (Paris), is Professor of American Studies. She has published monographs and edited volumes on the early American Republic and antislavery in the Atlantic world. She is currently the editor of the series Slave Narratives (Publications des Universités de Rouen et du Havre).

Bertrand Van Ruymbeke, PhD (1995), is professor of American history and civilization at the University of Paris 8 (Vincennes-Saint-Denis) and senior member of the Institut Universitaire de France. He has published extensively on early America and the Huguenot Diaspora.

Product details

• Assisted by: Marie-Jeanne Rossignol (Editor), Bertrand van Ruymbeke (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.10.2016
• EAN: 9789004315648
• ISBN: 978-90-04-31564-8
• No. of pages: 282
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 241 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 538 g
• Series: Early American History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous