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Benjamin Franklin, statesman, writer, and scientist
... 12, 1790, as president of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society, urging the abolition of slavery and the suppression of the slave trade. Two ... this in 1778, when he negotiated the treaty of commerce and defensive alliance with France. This represented a turning ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Politicians
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