Benjamin Franklin's participation in so many different areas of life changed our world greatly. He was a politician, a scholar, an inventor, and a scientist. He also was a man who indulged in pranks, had chauvinist attitudes toward women and was found to be nasty at times. Franklin was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 17, 1706.
Although Franklin started off believing in slavery and having many slaves himself, his beliefs changed after visiting an African American school. He saw that the children were equally as smart as white children. At that point in his life he condemned the slave trade as "detestable commerce" (Portrait of America, Stephen B. Oats and Charles J. Errico Volume One Eighth Edition, page 72) and called slavery a crime against humanity. "He had an unflagging love for liberty and the natural rights for people" (Portrait of America, Stephen B. Oats and Charles J. Errico Volume One Eighth Edition, page 71).
With all of Franklin's life experiences he was......

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