This informative page by BBC News is a valuable introduction to Benjamin Lay. May 2018 article in the Washington Post: The Quaker abolitionist disowned by his faith for condemning slave owners. Related Post:Portrait of Benjamin Lay (July 20, 2016)
This article discusses a portrait owned by Benjamin Franklin of Benjamin Lay. Some excerpts: “Stories about our discovery appeared first in the Philadelphia Inquirer, and in January 1979 The Magazine Antiques published a story by Karen M. Jones about the discovery of a rare William Williams painting.” The story quoted a letter from Ben Franklin …
