Benjamin Lay MBTI Personality Type
Personality
What personality type is Benjamin Lay? Benjamin Lay is an INFP personality type in MBTI, 4w3 - sx/so - in Enneagram, SCOEI in Big 5, in Socionics.
First and foremost, my vote is biased. I am fanboying hard and want him to be my type. I am reading books about him as we speak, so I will update my vote if I see the Ni. For now, I just see giga Fi and that sx/so shock and awe, melodramatic theatre. "He threw off his overcoat to reveal his military uniform. The crowd gasped. He raised the book above his head, unsheathed his sword, and declared: ‘God will take vengeance on those who oppress their fellow creatures.’ He ran his sword through the book. The bladder exploded in a gush of blood, spattering the slaveholders sitting nearby. A group of Quaker men grabbed up Lay – he did not resist – and threw him out of the meeting house into the street. The soldier of God had delivered a chilling prophecy: slaveowning would destroy the Quaker faith."
Biography
Benjamin Lay (January 26, 1682 – February 8, 1759) was an English-born writer, farmer and activist. Born in Copford, Essex into a Quaker family, he initially underwent an apprenticeship as a glovemaker before running away to London and finding work as a sailor. In 1718, Lay moved to the British colony of Barbados, which operated on a plantation economy dependent on slave labour. While working as a merchant, his shock at the brutal treatment of slaves in Barbados led Lay to develop lifelong abolitionist principles, which were reinforced by his humanitarian ideals and Quaker beliefs.
