George Benson (Quaker)

George W. Benson was an American Quaker abolitionist from Connecticut who assisted Prudence Crandall in her education efforts. His father George Benson (Sr.) (1752-1836) was also active in opposing slavery. He was one of the founders of the utopian Northampton Association, and was the brother-in-law of William Lloyd Garrison. 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."

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*cite book |author=Clark, Christopher M. |title=The Communitarian Moment: The Radical Challenge of the Northampton Association |publisher=University of Massachusetts Press |location=Amherst |year=2003 |pages=|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=5IRGncJcuRUC&vq=benson&dq=%22george+benson%22+crandall&lr=&output=html&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 |isbn=1-55849-416-2 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=
*cite book |author=Buckley, Kerry W.; Clark, Christopher M. |title=Letters from an American Utopia: The Stetson Family and the Northampton Association, 1843-1847 |publisher=University of Massachusetts Press |location=Amherst |year=2004 |pages= |isbn=1-55849-431-6 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=y12RGI4TzVoC&dq=%22George+Benson%22+%22northampton+association%22&lr=&as_brr=3&output=html |doi= |accessdate=