Benjamin Lundy (January 4, 1789 – August 22, 1839) was an American Quakerabolitionist from New Jersey who established several anti-slavery newspapers and worked for many others. He traveled widely seeking to limit the expansion of slavery, and in seeking to establish a colony to which freed slaves might be located, outside of the United States.
Lundy was also a leading voice in denouncing the Texas Revolution as a method to perpetuate slavery in Texas in defiance of the laws of Mexico banning slavery.
Biography
Lundy was born of Quaker parentage at Hardwick Township, New Jersey. As a boy, he worked on his father's farm, attending school for only brief periods, and in 1808-1812 he lived at Wheeling, Virginia (now in West Virginia), where he served an apprenticeship to a saddler, and where — Wheeling being an important headquarters of the interstate slave trade — he first became deeply impressed with the iniquity of the institution of slavery, and determined to devote his life to the cause of abolition.
In 2007, Lundy had a resident population of 28 people, including volunteers. These include a warden, ranger, island manager and farmer, as well as bar and house-keeping staff. Most live in and around the village at the south of the island. Most visitors are day-trippers, although there are 23 holiday properties and a camp site for staying visitors, mostly also around the south of the island.
The Lundy Pony is a breed of pony first developed on Lundy Island in England. The breed originated in 1928, when the owner of the island, Martin Coles Harman, introduced 34 New Forest pony mares, eight foals and a Welsh Mountain B strawberry roan stallion. Diana Keast, his daughter, explained why he chose to cross these breeds: “He wanted ponies with a bit of style and height. Dartmoor and Exmoor ponies were nearer and more convenient - after all he had to charter a special train to bring the ponies from Lyndhurst - but they wouldn’t have had the height he wanted.” The Welsh stallion died only a year after arriving on the island, having sired just one foal - a colt called Pepper. Luckily this first “Lundy pony” grew into an upstanding stud stallion, creamy dun with a black mane and tail. By the Thirties there were so many ponies roaming the island that about 50 were rounded up and sold on the mainland. During the war there was no way of shipping ponies from the island and the herd reached nearly 100. There was constant warring among the entire stallions so that in 1944 a number had to be put down.
Library Forum - Vivien Sandlund, Ph.D., "Abolitionist Benjamin Lundy"
September 18th, 2024, Talk by Vivien Sandlund, Ph.D., titled "To Arouse and Awaken the American People": The Life and Work of Abolitionist Benjamin Lundy!
Most studies on American antislavery focus on the radical abolitionists of the 1830s, but what about the activists who came before them? Dr. Sandlund will explore the life of Benjamin Lundy, a Quaker newspaper editor who dedicated his life to gradual abolition, laying the groundwork for the later radical movement. Discover how his tireless efforts aimed to change hearts and minds to end slavery.
published: 19 Sep 2024
Why save the Benjamin Lundy House (Episode 1)
This may be the last Free Labor Store in America - an economic protest movement that refused to sell goods produced by slave labor. Take a tour of the fascinating yet decrepit house.
Part of Preservation Video Diaries Series
published: 03 Aug 2018
who was Benjamin Lundy
I have to figure out a way to get them on my side
published: 23 Nov 2023
Abolitionism Ohio a Case Study
A brief lecture on the American abolitionist movement using the state of Ohio as a case study.
published: 27 Jun 2012
Benjamin Lundy SS Project
published: 21 May 2015
Did Abolitionists Cause the Civil War?
In this thought-provoking talk, Professor Manisha Sinha challenges the long-standing notion that abolitionists were irresponsible extremists who helped cause the Civil War. She also questions recent historical wisdom that casts abolitionists as bourgeois reformers burdened by racial paternalism and economic conservatism. Starting with early black activism and the Quaker-dominated abolition societies, Sinha recovers the largely forgotten impact of free and enslaved African Americans who shaped the abolition movement's ideology, rhetoric, and tactics. She explores the connections between abolition and other radical movements such as utopian socialism and early feminism. In challenging an entrenched system of labor and racial exploitation, Sinha shows that the abolitionist vision linked the s...
published: 28 Jan 2016
Earthquake Washers at Benjamin Lundy House (Episode 2)
We begin destructive investigation to look at earthquake washers, one of the structural elements and find some surprises inside the walls and ceiling.
Benjamin Lundy House/Free Labor Store, Mt. Pleasant, Ohio. Built in 1812, it was home to the Quaker abolitionist Benjamin Lundy in the 1820s. 1848-1857 it was the site of a Free Labor Store - which sold no goods made with slave labor. This building represents an important economic protest movement and may be the last surviving Free Labor Store in the country. See Episode 1 at https://vimeo.com/213473841
published: 30 Oct 2018
Was the Texas Rebellion Actually a Revolution?
Austin based historical anthropologist and archaeologist Fred L. McGhee discusses the so-called "Texas Revolution" from an African-American, Native American, Mexican American, and Abolitionist perspective. Using the experiences and writings of noted Quaker abolitionist Benjamin Lundy (a mentor to William Lloyd Garrison) as a springboard, he argues that what happened in Texas in 1836 was basically a rebellion against the Mexican federal government by intemperate American frontiersman looking to strike it rich via land and Negro speculation. This is an excerpt of a talk delivered in 2014 at the Bell County Museum.
September 18th, 2024, Talk by Vivien Sandlund, Ph.D., titled "To Arouse and Awaken the American People": The Life and Work of Abolitionist Benjamin Lundy!
Most...
September 18th, 2024, Talk by Vivien Sandlund, Ph.D., titled "To Arouse and Awaken the American People": The Life and Work of Abolitionist Benjamin Lundy!
Most studies on American antislavery focus on the radical abolitionists of the 1830s, but what about the activists who came before them? Dr. Sandlund will explore the life of Benjamin Lundy, a Quaker newspaper editor who dedicated his life to gradual abolition, laying the groundwork for the later radical movement. Discover how his tireless efforts aimed to change hearts and minds to end slavery.
September 18th, 2024, Talk by Vivien Sandlund, Ph.D., titled "To Arouse and Awaken the American People": The Life and Work of Abolitionist Benjamin Lundy!
Most studies on American antislavery focus on the radical abolitionists of the 1830s, but what about the activists who came before them? Dr. Sandlund will explore the life of Benjamin Lundy, a Quaker newspaper editor who dedicated his life to gradual abolition, laying the groundwork for the later radical movement. Discover how his tireless efforts aimed to change hearts and minds to end slavery.
This may be the last Free Labor Store in America - an economic protest movement that refused to sell goods produced by slave labor. Take a tour of the fascinati...
This may be the last Free Labor Store in America - an economic protest movement that refused to sell goods produced by slave labor. Take a tour of the fascinating yet decrepit house.
Part of Preservation Video Diaries Series
This may be the last Free Labor Store in America - an economic protest movement that refused to sell goods produced by slave labor. Take a tour of the fascinating yet decrepit house.
Part of Preservation Video Diaries Series
In this thought-provoking talk, Professor Manisha Sinha challenges the long-standing notion that abolitionists were irresponsible extremists who helped cause th...
In this thought-provoking talk, Professor Manisha Sinha challenges the long-standing notion that abolitionists were irresponsible extremists who helped cause the Civil War. She also questions recent historical wisdom that casts abolitionists as bourgeois reformers burdened by racial paternalism and economic conservatism. Starting with early black activism and the Quaker-dominated abolition societies, Sinha recovers the largely forgotten impact of free and enslaved African Americans who shaped the abolition movement's ideology, rhetoric, and tactics. She explores the connections between abolition and other radical movements such as utopian socialism and early feminism. In challenging an entrenched system of labor and racial exploitation, Sinha shows that the abolitionist vision linked the slave's cause to redefining American democracy and the ongoing global struggle for human rights.
About the Presenter:
Manisha Sinha is Professor of Afro-American Studies and History at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. In addition to The Slave's Cause (Yale University Press, 2016), she is author of The Counterrevolution of Slavery: Politics and Ideology in Antebellum South Carolina, which was named one of ten must-read books on slavery, and many other acclaimed works. Sinha is the recipient of numerous fellowships, including grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Philosophical Society, and the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History at Harvard University. She has written for, and been interviewed by, many leading news outlets, and appeared on Jon Stewart's The Daily Show in 2014.
Readex Breakfast
American Library Association - Midwinter Conference
January 10, 2016
Boston, MA
In this thought-provoking talk, Professor Manisha Sinha challenges the long-standing notion that abolitionists were irresponsible extremists who helped cause the Civil War. She also questions recent historical wisdom that casts abolitionists as bourgeois reformers burdened by racial paternalism and economic conservatism. Starting with early black activism and the Quaker-dominated abolition societies, Sinha recovers the largely forgotten impact of free and enslaved African Americans who shaped the abolition movement's ideology, rhetoric, and tactics. She explores the connections between abolition and other radical movements such as utopian socialism and early feminism. In challenging an entrenched system of labor and racial exploitation, Sinha shows that the abolitionist vision linked the slave's cause to redefining American democracy and the ongoing global struggle for human rights.
About the Presenter:
Manisha Sinha is Professor of Afro-American Studies and History at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. In addition to The Slave's Cause (Yale University Press, 2016), she is author of The Counterrevolution of Slavery: Politics and Ideology in Antebellum South Carolina, which was named one of ten must-read books on slavery, and many other acclaimed works. Sinha is the recipient of numerous fellowships, including grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Philosophical Society, and the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History at Harvard University. She has written for, and been interviewed by, many leading news outlets, and appeared on Jon Stewart's The Daily Show in 2014.
Readex Breakfast
American Library Association - Midwinter Conference
January 10, 2016
Boston, MA
We begin destructive investigation to look at earthquake washers, one of the structural elements and find some surprises inside the walls and ceiling.
Benjamin...
We begin destructive investigation to look at earthquake washers, one of the structural elements and find some surprises inside the walls and ceiling.
Benjamin Lundy House/Free Labor Store, Mt. Pleasant, Ohio. Built in 1812, it was home to the Quaker abolitionist Benjamin Lundy in the 1820s. 1848-1857 it was the site of a Free Labor Store - which sold no goods made with slave labor. This building represents an important economic protest movement and may be the last surviving Free Labor Store in the country. See Episode 1 at https://vimeo.com/213473841
We begin destructive investigation to look at earthquake washers, one of the structural elements and find some surprises inside the walls and ceiling.
Benjamin Lundy House/Free Labor Store, Mt. Pleasant, Ohio. Built in 1812, it was home to the Quaker abolitionist Benjamin Lundy in the 1820s. 1848-1857 it was the site of a Free Labor Store - which sold no goods made with slave labor. This building represents an important economic protest movement and may be the last surviving Free Labor Store in the country. See Episode 1 at https://vimeo.com/213473841
Austin based historical anthropologist and archaeologist Fred L. McGhee discusses the so-called "Texas Revolution" from an African-American, Native American, Me...
Austin based historical anthropologist and archaeologist Fred L. McGhee discusses the so-called "Texas Revolution" from an African-American, Native American, Mexican American, and Abolitionist perspective. Using the experiences and writings of noted Quaker abolitionist Benjamin Lundy (a mentor to William Lloyd Garrison) as a springboard, he argues that what happened in Texas in 1836 was basically a rebellion against the Mexican federal government by intemperate American frontiersman looking to strike it rich via land and Negro speculation. This is an excerpt of a talk delivered in 2014 at the Bell County Museum.
Austin based historical anthropologist and archaeologist Fred L. McGhee discusses the so-called "Texas Revolution" from an African-American, Native American, Mexican American, and Abolitionist perspective. Using the experiences and writings of noted Quaker abolitionist Benjamin Lundy (a mentor to William Lloyd Garrison) as a springboard, he argues that what happened in Texas in 1836 was basically a rebellion against the Mexican federal government by intemperate American frontiersman looking to strike it rich via land and Negro speculation. This is an excerpt of a talk delivered in 2014 at the Bell County Museum.
September 18th, 2024, Talk by Vivien Sandlund, Ph.D., titled "To Arouse and Awaken the American People": The Life and Work of Abolitionist Benjamin Lundy!
Most studies on American antislavery focus on the radical abolitionists of the 1830s, but what about the activists who came before them? Dr. Sandlund will explore the life of Benjamin Lundy, a Quaker newspaper editor who dedicated his life to gradual abolition, laying the groundwork for the later radical movement. Discover how his tireless efforts aimed to change hearts and minds to end slavery.
This may be the last Free Labor Store in America - an economic protest movement that refused to sell goods produced by slave labor. Take a tour of the fascinating yet decrepit house.
Part of Preservation Video Diaries Series
In this thought-provoking talk, Professor Manisha Sinha challenges the long-standing notion that abolitionists were irresponsible extremists who helped cause the Civil War. She also questions recent historical wisdom that casts abolitionists as bourgeois reformers burdened by racial paternalism and economic conservatism. Starting with early black activism and the Quaker-dominated abolition societies, Sinha recovers the largely forgotten impact of free and enslaved African Americans who shaped the abolition movement's ideology, rhetoric, and tactics. She explores the connections between abolition and other radical movements such as utopian socialism and early feminism. In challenging an entrenched system of labor and racial exploitation, Sinha shows that the abolitionist vision linked the slave's cause to redefining American democracy and the ongoing global struggle for human rights.
About the Presenter:
Manisha Sinha is Professor of Afro-American Studies and History at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. In addition to The Slave's Cause (Yale University Press, 2016), she is author of The Counterrevolution of Slavery: Politics and Ideology in Antebellum South Carolina, which was named one of ten must-read books on slavery, and many other acclaimed works. Sinha is the recipient of numerous fellowships, including grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Philosophical Society, and the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History at Harvard University. She has written for, and been interviewed by, many leading news outlets, and appeared on Jon Stewart's The Daily Show in 2014.
Readex Breakfast
American Library Association - Midwinter Conference
January 10, 2016
Boston, MA
We begin destructive investigation to look at earthquake washers, one of the structural elements and find some surprises inside the walls and ceiling.
Benjamin Lundy House/Free Labor Store, Mt. Pleasant, Ohio. Built in 1812, it was home to the Quaker abolitionist Benjamin Lundy in the 1820s. 1848-1857 it was the site of a Free Labor Store - which sold no goods made with slave labor. This building represents an important economic protest movement and may be the last surviving Free Labor Store in the country. See Episode 1 at https://vimeo.com/213473841
Austin based historical anthropologist and archaeologist Fred L. McGhee discusses the so-called "Texas Revolution" from an African-American, Native American, Mexican American, and Abolitionist perspective. Using the experiences and writings of noted Quaker abolitionist Benjamin Lundy (a mentor to William Lloyd Garrison) as a springboard, he argues that what happened in Texas in 1836 was basically a rebellion against the Mexican federal government by intemperate American frontiersman looking to strike it rich via land and Negro speculation. This is an excerpt of a talk delivered in 2014 at the Bell County Museum.
Benjamin Lundy (January 4, 1789 – August 22, 1839) was an American Quakerabolitionist from New Jersey who established several anti-slavery newspapers and worked for many others. He traveled widely seeking to limit the expansion of slavery, and in seeking to establish a colony to which freed slaves might be located, outside of the United States.
Lundy was also a leading voice in denouncing the Texas Revolution as a method to perpetuate slavery in Texas in defiance of the laws of Mexico banning slavery.
Biography
Lundy was born of Quaker parentage at Hardwick Township, New Jersey. As a boy, he worked on his father's farm, attending school for only brief periods, and in 1808-1812 he lived at Wheeling, Virginia (now in West Virginia), where he served an apprenticeship to a saddler, and where — Wheeling being an important headquarters of the interstate slave trade — he first became deeply impressed with the iniquity of the institution of slavery, and determined to devote his life to the cause of abolition.
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BRANDON, Mississippi - Benjamin Hughes Lundy, husband, father, grandfather, educator and true believer died early Sunday morning (July 16) after fighting a pitched battle with cancer for eight years.
When abolitionist editor BenjaminLundy, for example, asked white Americans in the 1820s how long they could look at the slave trade and “permit so disgraceful, so inhuman, and so wicked a practice to ...
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