He then plunged a sword into the book and the "blood" splattered on the heads and bodies of the horrified slave-keepers. Getty Images The polymath and statesman Benjamin Franklin, depicted here ...

Known as one of the greatest Founding Fathers, Benjamin Franklin was a highly charismatic character. His life was full of ...

Thinking about this, my mind turned to a recent book about Benjamin Franklin by journalist Eric ... democracy and slavery, to name just two. He didn’t see these pivots as flip-flopping but ...

1718 William & Mary purchases the Nottoway Quarter and 17 slaves. Income from the tobacco provides scholarships for less wealthy students for the next 90 years. 1760 A school for black children, free ...

When Benjamin Franklin gave his name and his clout, he bolstered the antislavery cause. I take Franklin’s changing relationship to slavery as an opportunity to ask myself whether there are ...