Ingrid Newkirk

Lewis Gompertz

History & Biography

“Long overdue, Barry Kew’s book chronicles the extraordinary life and work of the ‘cheerful fighter,’ Lewis Gompertz, whose sense of justice compelled him to advocate, against the times, for women, poor people, and slaves of all species. He was an early abolitionist like ‘Humanity Dick,’ William Wilberforce and Jeremy Bentham, men of power and wealth who risked social ostracism by giving the powerless a powerful voice.”