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Benjamin Franklin

Vassalsfight at their lord's expense; but our lord would have usdefend his estate at our...

Man as Franklin: Vassals
fight at their lord's expense; but our lord would have us
defend his estate at our own expense!

Full Transcript

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Man as Franklin: Vassals fight at their lord's expense;
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but our lord would have us defend his estate
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at our own expense!
Duration
8 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
01:10:36
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 • E01 It is even more slavish than slavery itself. - Benjamin Franklin 00:04
It is even more slavish than slavery itself.
S01 • E02 I think Benjamin Franklin, by sealing the alliance - Benjamin Franklin 00:12
I think Benjamin Franklin, by sealing the alliance
S01 • E01 Narrator: When a raiding party struck a settlement - Benjamin Franklin 00:17
Narrator: When a raiding party struck a settlement
S01 • E02 Narrator: The Americans had won a great victory, - Benjamin Franklin 00:12
Narrator: The Americans had won a great victory,
S01 • E01 Franklin spent his 50th birthday - Benjamin Franklin 00:06
Franklin spent his 50th birthday
S01 • E02 Congress refused to accept his resignation and instead gave him - Benjamin Franklin 00:08
Congress refused to accept his resignation and instead gave ...
S01 • E01 But the immediate crisis had been met. - Benjamin Franklin 00:04
But the immediate crisis had been met.
S01 • E02 He was now part of a delegation to begin peace - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
He was now part of a delegation to begin peace
S01 • E01 In Philadelphia, Franklin was hailed as a hero. - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
In Philadelphia, Franklin was hailed as a hero.
S01 • E01 "The people," he wrote a friend, "happen to love me." - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
"The people," he wrote a friend, "happen to l...
S01 • E02 Franklin drew up a list of 4 non-negotiable demands - Benjamin Franklin 00:16
Franklin drew up a list of 4 non-negotiable demands
S01 • E01 Narrator: In June of 1757, Franklin once more - Benjamin Franklin 00:08
Narrator: In June of 1757, Franklin once more
S01 • E01 The Assembly had sent him on a mission to try to negotiate - Benjamin Franklin 00:10
The Assembly had sent him on a mission to try to negotiate
S01 • E02 To complicate things, when two other American negotiators - Benjamin Franklin 00:10
To complicate things, when two other American negotiators
S01 • E01 He brought his son William along as his assistant, - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
He brought his son William along as his assistant,
S01 • E02 One was John Jay, a brilliant New York lawyer. - Benjamin Franklin 00:06
One was John Jay, a brilliant New York lawyer.
S01 • E02 The other was John Adams. - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
The other was John Adams.
S01 • E01 Deborah worried that her husband's ship - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
Deborah worried that her husband's ship
S01 • E02 Man as Adams: That I have no friendship - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
Man as Adams: That I have no friendship
S01 • E02 That I am incapable of having any with a man of his moral - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
That I am incapable of having any with a man of his moral