found: Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895: From the Colonial Period to the Age of Frederick Douglass, accessed June 9, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Benezet, Anthony; Quaker, educator, abolitionist, social reformer; born 31 January, 1713 in Saint-Quentin, Picardy, France; Protestant Huguenot family descent; his family fled France, settled in Philadelphia (1731); was a teacher at Friends' English School, Philadelphia (renamed the William Penn Charter School) (1742); founder of the school for Quaker girls; founded School for Black People, known as African School for Blacks or the Free African School (1750); actively fought to end slavery; wrote many pamphlets and essays on Africa, slavery and slave trade; his works had a tremendous influence on some leaders, writers, philosophers, abolitionists and scientists in United States, England, France; corresponded with religious leaders, founders of the Société des Amis des Noirs (Society of Friends of the Blacks), Paris, politicians and defenders of human rights; died 13 May, 1784 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States)
