George Benson (Quaker)

George William Benson (1808–1879) was an American Quaker abolitionist from Connecticut who assisted Prudence Crandall in her education efforts.

For other people named George Benson, see George Benson (disambiguation).
George W. Benson, from daguerrotype taken about 1845

He was one of the founders of the utopian Northampton Association for Education and Industry,[1]: 15  and was the brother-in-law of William Lloyd Garrison.[1]: 18–19  Sojourner Truth, who worked for him for a time as a housekeeper, was introduced to Garrisonian abolitionism in his home, which Crandall called an "asylum for the oppressed."[1]: 19 

He worked for the The Liberator and the American Anti-Slavery Society.[1]: 19 

His father George Benson (Sr.) (1752–1836) had also been active in opposing slavery in the United States, at one time president of the New England Anti-Slavery Society.[1]: 18 

References
  1. Clark, Christopher M. (2003). The Communitarian Moment: The Radical Challenge of the Northampton Association. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press. ISBN 1-55849-416-2.

Further reading
  • Buckley, Kerry W.; Clark, Christopher M. (2004). Letters from an American Utopia: The Stetson Family and the Northampton Association, 1843-1847. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press. ISBN 1-55849-431-6.
  • Garrison, Wendell Phillips; Garrison, Francis Jackson (1885). William Lloyd Garrison, 1805–1879. Vol. 2. New York: The Century Co.
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