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Benjamin Franklin thought that slavery was "an atrocious debasement of human nature" and "a source of serious evils." In 1787, Franklin and Benjamin Rush helped write a new constitution for the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, [264] and that same year Franklin became president of the organization. [265]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 January 2025. Pen name Silence Dogood Essay in the New-England Courant Silence Dogood was the pen name used by Benjamin Franklin to get his work published in the New-England Courant, a newspaper founded and published by his brother James Franklin. This was after Benjamin Franklin was denied several ...
His father William was the extramarital but acknowledged son of Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, and raised in his household. William Temple Franklin's middle name is said to have been derived from the fact that he was conceived while his father was studying at the Middle Temple. [2]
Old Buck, from a shortening of his last name, used later in life. [66] Old Public Functionary, [67] used by Buchanan in his December 1859 State of the Union address and adopted by newspapers. [66] Ten-Cent Jimmy: derogatory, as a reaction to Buchanan's campaign statement that ten cents a day was decent pay for a worker. [68]
Credit - Courtesy of Apple TV+ “Electricity. Yeah, you can all thank me. Took some lightning, a kite, and a fat brass key,” sang the Decemberists in their 2017 “Ben Franklin’s Song.” For ...
Douglas is excellent as Ben Franklin in his first role in a period piece and even looks the part (which helps). He just seems to get better with age (he's 80).
Chess is a metaphor for life… and Benjamin Franklin is already thinking two moves ahead. Michael Douglas stars as the legendary Founding Father in Apple TV+’s new limited series Franklin ...
Franklin Richards of the Fantastic Four often refers to Benjamin Grimm, the Thing, as "Uncle Ben" (Grimm is the best friend of Franklin's father Reed Richards). Franklin Richards and Peter Parker also have the same middle name, Benjamin, as the Thing and Ben Parker are their namesakes. Spider-Man is aware of this, and told Franklin, "Uncle Bens ...