Benezet's School Explained

Established:1770
Founder:Anthony Benezet

Benezet's School, also known as the African Free School and the Raspberry Street School, was a Philadelphia school for African Americans.

History

Quaker teacher and abolitionist Anthony Benezet founded the school in 1770. Before opening a dedicated school building in 1773, the school held classes in several locations. Between 1773 and 1779, the school educated two hundred and fifty children, accepting free and enslaved children to ensure that classrooms were filled.[1]

The school was known as both Benezet's School in honor of its founder and Raspberry Street School due to its location.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Notable alumni

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Africans in America/Part 3/Anthony Benezet. 2022-01-22. www.pbs.org.
  2. Web site: Let This Voice Be Heard Maurice Jackson. 2022-01-22. www.upenn.edu.
  3. Web site: Africans in America/Part 3/Anthony Benezet. 2022-01-22. www.pbs.org.
  4. Web site: MMFP - Quakers and Slavery, A History Tour of Old City Philadelphia. 2022-01-22. www.archstreetfriends.org.
  5. Hornick. Nancy Slocum. 1975. Anthony Benezet and the Africans' School: Toward a Theory of Full Equality. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. 99. 4. 399–421. 0031-4587.
  6. Web site: Brendlinger. Irv A.. 1997. Anthony Benezet: True Champion of the Slave. live. George Fox University. https://web.archive.org/web/20181101062440/https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1119&context=ccs . 2018-11-01 .
  7. Web site: Absalom Jones – Delaware Art Museum. 2022-02-01. en-US.