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Benjamin Franklin

Franklin helpedraise a militia to stop them and negotiatedan end to the crisis

Franklin helped
raise a militia to stop them and negotiated
an end to the crisis

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Franklin helped raise a militia to stop them
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and negotiated an end to the crisis.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
01:30:56
Uploaded
May 05, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
documentary, biography, history
Production
Florentine Films

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Movie Summary

Exploring the life and work of writer and publisher, scientist and inventor, diplomat and signer of both the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution: Benjamin Franklin.
S01 • E02 To mollify the southern states, their populations - Benjamin Franklin 00:15
To mollify the southern states, their populations
S01 • E01 But his outspokenness created a backlash, - Benjamin Franklin 00:10
But his outspokenness created a backlash,
S01 • E01 They slandered Franklin's son William as illegitimate, - Benjamin Franklin 00:14
They slandered Franklin's son William as illegitimate,
S01 • E02 Ellis: They can't talk about slavery directly, and the word - Benjamin Franklin 00:08
Ellis: They can't talk about slavery directly, and the ...
S01 • E02 The difficult fact to accept is that the Union is only - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
The difficult fact to accept is that the Union is only
S01 • E01 In all the controversy, - Benjamin Franklin 00:04
In all the controversy,
S01 • E01 But the legislature now adopted his position - Benjamin Franklin 00:12
But the legislature now adopted his position
S01 • E02 And the states south of the Chesapeake are committed - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
And the states south of the Chesapeake are committed
S01 • E02 If you did the moral thing in the summer of 1787 and took - Benjamin Franklin 00:12
If you did the moral thing in the summer of 1787 and took
S01 • E01 After only two years in Philadelphia, - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
After only two years in Philadelphia,
S01 • E01 Deborah had made it clear she intended to stay; - Benjamin Franklin 00:08
Deborah had made it clear she intended to stay;
S01 • E02 Chaplin: It was a tragic compromise, obviously, for many - Benjamin Franklin 00:08
Chaplin: It was a tragic compromise, obviously, for many
S01 • E01 He promised he wouldn't be gone long. - Benjamin Franklin 00:04
He promised he wouldn't be gone long.
S01 • E02 They had never agreed that they would be represented - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
They had never agreed that they would be represented
S01 • E02 And, so, the compromise looks especially compromised - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
And, so, the compromise looks especially compromised
S01 • E02 This is America's original sin, and they know it. - Benjamin Franklin 00:06
This is America's original sin, and they know it.
S01 • E01 They had acquired a huge amount of territory, - Benjamin Franklin 00:06
They had acquired a huge amount of territory,
S01 • E02 Nobody in the Convention or at that moment - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
Nobody in the Convention or at that moment
S01 • E01 It was expensive to maintain - Benjamin Franklin 00:04
It was expensive to maintain
S01 • E02 The original sin of slavery - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
The original sin of slavery