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Benjamin Franklin

While Washington is strugglingall over, Franklin is in France saying, "It'svictory after...

While Washington is struggling
all over, Franklin is in France saying, "It's
victory after victory." Um..."He, like, he has
an army of 80,000," um

Full Transcript

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While Washington is struggling all over, Franklin is
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in France saying, "It's victory after victory."
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Um..."He, like, he has an army of 80,000," um...
Duration
10 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:42:16
Uploaded
May 05, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
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 The advantage was that Africans couldn't leave. - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
The advantage was that Africans couldn't leave.
S01 • E01 Indentured servants filled out their time. - Benjamin Franklin 00:04
Indentured servants filled out their time.
S01 • E02 "Yes, the... the British may take Philadelphia, but they - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
"Yes, the... the British may take Philadelphia, but the...
S01 • E01 Narrator: Many of Franklin's Quaker friends - Benjamin Franklin 00:10
Narrator: Many of Franklin's Quaker friends
S01 • E02 Washington will surround them." - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
Washington will surround them."
S01 • E02 And he doesn't, for a moment, in public, drop that mask. - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
And he doesn't, for a moment, in public, drop that mask...
S01 • E01 Franklin published some of their anti-slavery tracts... - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
Franklin published some of their anti-slavery tracts...
S01 • E01 Though he intentionally kept his own name as printer - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
Though he intentionally kept his own name as printer
S01 • E02 Isaacson: Benjamin Franklin also realizes he has to win - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
Isaacson: Benjamin Franklin also realizes he has to win
S01 • E01 Dunbar: Franklin lived in a moment in which slavery was - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
Dunbar: Franklin lived in a moment in which slavery was
S01 • E02 He knows that within the French population, there's - Benjamin Franklin 00:10
He knows that within the French population, there's
S01 • E01 He was very aware that this was happening, yet he still - Benjamin Franklin 00:10
He was very aware that this was happening, yet he still
S01 • E02 And he taps into that by being a public diplomat, not just - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
And he taps into that by being a public diplomat, not just
S01 • E02 Narrator: Franklin moved from a hotel in crowded Paris to - Benjamin Franklin 00:14
Narrator: Franklin moved from a hotel in crowded Paris to
S01 • E01 Narrator: Franklin's publishing empire was - Benjamin Franklin 00:06
Narrator: Franklin's publishing empire was
S01 • E02 Soon, a lightning rod sprouted from its roof. - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
Soon, a lightning rod sprouted from its roof.
S01 • E01 He was named clerk of Pennsylvania's - Benjamin Franklin 00:11
He was named clerk of Pennsylvania's
S01 • E02 Franklin sent his grandson Benny to a boarding school - Benjamin Franklin 00:12
Franklin sent his grandson Benny to a boarding school
S01 • E01 He made even more profits printing the paper currency - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
He made even more profits printing the paper currency
S01 • E02 And the steady stream of visitors - Benjamin Franklin 00:10
And the steady stream of visitors