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Granville Sharp
Humanitarian & Peace
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Granville Sharp

Granville Sharp
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Great Britain
1735 โ€“ 1813 (77 years old)

Pioneering British abolitionist civil servant who financed and litigated the landmark 1772 Somerset v Stewart case ruling slavery illegal on English soil, co-founding the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade.

Benjamin Rush
Humanitarian & Peace
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Benjamin Rush

Benjamin Rush
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1746 โ€“ 1813 (67 years old)

Pรจre fondateur des ร‰tats-Unis, signataire de la Dรฉclaration d'indรฉpendance, mรฉdecin hรฉroรฏque de l'รฉpidรฉmie de 1793 et pรจre de la psychiatrie amรฉricaine.

Anthony Benezet
Humanitarian & Peace
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Anthony Benezet

Antoine Benezet
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France
1713 โ€“ 1784 (71 years old)

French-born American Quaker educator and philosopher hailed as the 'Father of Atlantic Abolitionism', who founded the first public school for Black children in Philadelphia and convinced American and British Quakers to outlaw slavery.

Lalla Masuda
Humanitarian & Peace
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Lalla Masuda

ู„ุงู„ุฉ ู…ุณุนูˆุฏุฉ ุงู„ูˆุฒูƒูŠุชูŠุฉ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
c. 1520 โ€“ 1591 (~71 years old)

Influential Saadian Queen Mother, wife of Mohammed ash-Sheikh and mother of Ahmad al-Mansur, revered as 'Al-Hurra' for her extensive public works, schools, bridges, and care for the impoverished.

Sayyida Manoubia
Humanitarian & Peace
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Sayyida Manoubia

ุนุงุฆุดุฉ ุงู„ู…ู†ูˆุจูŠุฉ (ุงู„ุณูŠุฏุฉ ุงู„ู…ู†ูˆุจูŠุฉ)
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia
1199 โ€“ 1267 (68 years old)

Revered 13th-century Sufi mystic and humanitarian saint of Tunis, disciple of Abu Said al-Baji and Shadhili master, celebrated for her radical asceticism, public preaching, and defense of the impoverished.

Abu al-Abbas al-Sabti
Humanitarian & Peace
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Abu al-Abbas al-Sabti

ุฃุจูˆ ุงู„ุนุจุงุณ ุงู„ุณุจุชูŠ (ุฃุญู…ุฏ ุจู† ุฌุนูุฑ ุงู„ุฎุฒุฑุฌูŠ)
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
c. 1129 โ€“ 1204 (75 years old)

The supreme patron saint of Marrakech among the Seven Saints, whose mystical philosophy centered entirely on radical charity, feeding the poor, and social solidarity.

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