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DeRobigne Mortimer Bennett (December 23, 1818 – December 6, 1882) was the founder and publisher of ''Truth Seeker'', a radical freethought and reform American periodical.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=findagrave.com )〕 Bennett was a devout member of the Shakers for 13 years before evolving into a "freethinker", founding the ''Truth Seeker'' newspaper in 1873.〔(【引用サイトリンク】author=Roderick Bradford )〕 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." 〔(【引用サイトリンク】author=Truth Seeker Company. (ISSN 0041-3712) )〕 ''Truth Seeker'' was extreme for its times, and it persists to this day though in self-resuscitating form. D.M. Bennett is interred at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York. His monument, erected by his fellow freethinkers, is covered with his statements. Bennett was the subject of the biography ''D. M. Bennett: The Truth Seeker'' (2006) by Roderick Bradford and a 2009 documentary. ==Obscenity Prosecution== United States Postal Inspector Anthony Comstock had Bennett arrested on December 10, 1878, for mailing Cupid's Yokes, a free-love pamphlet. Bennett was prosecuted, subjected to a widely publicized trial, and imprisoned in the Albany Penitentiary. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「D. M. Bennett」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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