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Dr. Franklin an abolitionist. Dr. Franklin was a member of the convention which formed the Constitution of the United States, in 1787. In 1789, he sent a petition to Congress, which he signed, as president of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society, praying them to exert the full extent of power vested in them by the Constitution, in discouraging the traffic of the human species. ... In the debates to which this memorial gave rise, Mr. Jackson of Geo. and several others, attempted to justify the slave trade. The following ingenious article, the last ever written by Franklin, is a parody on Mr. Jackson's speech

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  • "Dr. Franklin an abolitionist. Dr. Franklin was a member of the convention which formed the Constitution of the United States, in 1787. In 1789, he sent a petition to Congress, which he signed, as president of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society, praying them to exert the full extent of power vested in them by the Constitution, in discouraging the traffic of the human species. ... In the debates to which this memorial gave rise, Mr. Jackson of Geo. and several others, attempted to justify the slave trade. The following ingenious article, the last ever written by Franklin, is a parody on Mr. Jackson's speech"@en
  • "Dr. Franklin an abolitionist. : Dr. Franklin was a member of the convention which formed the Constitution of the United States, in 1787. In 1789, he sent a petition to Congress, which he signed, as president of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society, praying them to exert the full extent of power vested in them by the Constitution, in discouraging the traffic of the human species. ... In the debates to which this memorial gave rise, Mr. Jackson of Geo. and several others, attempted to justify the slave trade. The following ingenious article, the last ever written by Franklin, is a parody on Mr. Jackson's speech"@en