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"Why," he wrote,
"should Pennsylvania, "founded by the English,
become a Colony of Aliens, "who will shortly be so numerous
as to Germanize us instead of our Anglifying them." Man as Franklin: We have
so fair an Opportunity, by excluding all Blacks
and Tawneys, of increasing the lovely
White and Red
"should Pennsylvania, "founded by the English,
become a Colony of Aliens, "who will shortly be so numerous
as to Germanize us instead of our Anglifying them." Man as Franklin: We have
so fair an Opportunity, by excluding all Blacks
and Tawneys, of increasing the lovely
White and Red
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"Why," he wrote,
"should Pennsylvania,
00:00:03.536 --> 00:00:08.027
"founded by the English,
become a Colony of Aliens,
00:00:08.307 --> 00:00:12.472
"who will shortly be so numerous
as to Germanize us
00:00:12.511 --> 00:00:16.107
instead of our Anglifying them."
00:00:17.483 --> 00:00:19.975
Man as Franklin: We have
so fair an Opportunity,
00:00:20.998 --> 00:00:22.545
by excluding all Blacks
and Tawneys,
00:00:22.588 --> 00:00:26.218
of increasing the lovely
White and Red.
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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.