Runaway America
Benjamin Franklin, Slavery, and the American Revolution
by David Waldstreicher
336 pages· 2005· ISBN 9780809083152
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Capturing the paradox of Benjamin Franklin on the issue of slavery, the author chronicles Franklin's time as an indentured servant as well as his later work as a publisher, where he profited from advertising notices about runaway slaves.
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