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© 2017 by Marcus Rediker
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Text design and composition by Kim Arney

The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows:

Names: Rediker, Marcus, author.
Title: The fearless Benjamin Lay : the Quaker dwarf who became the first
   revolutionary abolitionist / Marcus Rediker.
Description: Boston : Beacon Press, 2017. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016050051 (print) | LCCN 2017017208 (ebook) |
   ISBN 9780807035931 (e-book) | ISBN 9780807035924 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Lay, Benjamin, 1677–1759. | Abolitionists—United States—
   Biography. | Dissenters—United States—Biography. | Quakers—Pennsylvania—
   Biography. | Dwarfs—Pennsylvania—Biography. | Antislavery movements—
   United States—History—18th century. | BISAC: HISTORY / United States /
   Revolutionary Period (1775–1800). | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery. | RELIGION /
   Christianity / Quaker.
Classification: LCC E446 (ebook) | LCC E446 .R43 2017 (print) | DDC 326/.8092
   [B] —dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016050051