Benjamin Godwin
English clergyman and abolitionist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Reverend Benjamin Godwin (10 October 1785 – 20 February 1871) was a Baptist clergyman, abolitionist and activist. He was a pastor at Dartmouth, Great Missenden, Bradford, and Oxford as well as a teacher of classics. He became involved in debates on the ethics of slavery and a schism in the Baptist missionary community.[1] Godwin's writing's are an interesting source as he wrote 58 letters to his son to record his autobiography.[2] Godwin's son and his grandson were Mayors of Bradford.