Opposition to #AtlanticSystem #slavery is as old as the practice and its immorality was always understood. On #ThisDayInHistory in 1775 the first #abolitionist society in North America was formed in Philadelphia, PA, by #BenjaminFranklin, #BenjaminRush. & #Quaker #AnthonyBenezet.

"Writing the Brain" by Stefan Schöberlein looks at how C19 literature in Britain & the US incorporated discourses from the emerging neuroscience. Authors discussed incl #GeorgeCombe #CharlesDickens #EmilyDickinson #PlinyEarle #BenjaminRush & #AlfredTennyson

#VictorianStudies #MedicalHumanities