[1] The book is a biography about Benjamin Lay, a Quaker dwarf with strong abolitionist convictions.
[5] In the book, Rediker argues that Lay was responsible for establishing the antislavery position for the Quakers.
[9] Benjamin Franklin published a book by Lay in 1737 titled All Slave-Keepers That Keep the Innocent in Bondage, Apostates.
[10] Lay wrote the book while travelling around the world and observing how the slave trade was operated.
[13] Christianity Today commented on the book saying that it "brings vividly to life a near-forgotten figure".