Benjamin
Lundy
was
born on 4th January, 1789, in Sussex County, New Jersey. A Quaker
he was working as a saddlemaker in Wheeling,
Vermont, when he first became concerned about the morality of the
slave trade. In 1815 he formed the Union
Humane Society. Six years later he began publishing
the anti-slavery newspaper, Genius
of Universal Emancipation.
In 1829, William Lloyd Garrison, joined
Lundy as co-editor of Genius
of Universal Emancipation. The following year Garrison
moved to Boston publish the journal, The
Liberator. Lundy remained until 1835 when he began
another newspaper, The
National Enquirer, in Pennsylvania. During this
time he travelled extensively searching for suitable places where
runaway slaves could settle.
In 1839 Benjamin Lundy
moved to Illinois where he revived the Genius
of Universal Emancipation, which he published until
his death on 22nd August, 1839.
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