Mary Austin on Nostr: Nothing to see here, just an 18th century Pennsylvanian Quaker man born with dwarfism ...
Nothing to see here, just an 18th century Pennsylvanian Quaker man born with dwarfism who ran away to sea in his youth, learned of the horrors of slavery, and became a radical abolitionist and eventually a cave dwelling, gender conscious vegetarian animal rights activist too. 🤯 This is why kids don't get into history; people like the "Quaker comet," as Benjamin Lay became known, get written out.
Dude would have been a hell of a follow on Mastodon.
#Disability #Racism
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