D. M. Bennett

Male, Deceased Person

1818 – 1882

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Who was D. M. Bennett?

DeRobigne Mortimer Bennett was the founder and publisher of Truth Seeker, a radical freethought and reform American periodical. Bennett was a devout member of the Shakers for 13 years before evolving into a "freethinker", founding the Truth Seeker newspaper in 1873. In 1878, Bennett wrote that "Jesuism", rather than Pauline Christianity, was the gospel taught by Peter, John and James.

On 1 September 1873, D.M. and M.W. Bennett released the first tabloid edition of the Truth Seeker. Its masthead announced its purpose as follows:

"Devoted to: science, morals, free thought, free discussions, liberalism, sexual equality, labor reform, progression, free education and whatever tends to elevate and emancipate the human race."

"Opposed to: priestcraft, ecclesiasticism, dogmas, creeds, false theology, superstition, bigotry, ignorance, monopolies, aristocracies, privileged classes, tyranny, oppression, and everything that degrades or burdens mankind mentally or physically." Truth Seeker was extreme for its times, and it persists to this day though in self-resuscitating form.

Bennett was the subject of the biography D. M. Bennett: The Truth Seeker by Roderick Bradford and a 2009 documentary.

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Born
Dec 23, 1818
Died
Dec 6, 1882

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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