Benjamin Franklin’s ingenious satirization of pro-slavery arguments of antebellum America

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Benjamin Franklin used moral equivalence to very aptly demonstrate the sheer hypocrisy exhibited by slave owners who despised the North African Barbary states for taking Americans and Europeans as slaves,

Benjamin Franklin s Excellent Use of Moral Equivalency on Slavery

 

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Benjamin Franklin used moral equivalence to very aptly demonstrate the sheer hypocrisy exhibited by slave owners who despised the North African Barbary states for taking Americans and Europeans as slaves,

Benjamin Franklin s Excellent Use of Moral Equivalency on Slavery

Franklin bought and sold slaves for years. Maybe old Ben should have looked in the mirror when talking about hypocrisy.


"He spoke of liberty and was a key contributor to the Declaration of Independence ("All men are created equal"), yet he owned slaves for more than 40 years. He sought to prove to Britain that his nation was the land of freedom, yet accepted - and even profited from - chattel slavery as a matter of course."


Ben Franklin s mixed legacy on race Both slave owner and abolitionist he was a man ahead of his time - but still of it. - philly-archives