Franklin had a slave and like most white people thought the black race inferior. After observing and comparing how black children learned and white children learned he REASONED both races were fundamentally equal in intelligence. He then CHANGED HIS MIND about human bondage and spoke out against slavery; hopefully freeing the man who had been his servant.
Franklin had a slave and like most white people thought the black race inferior. After observing and comparing how black children learned and white children learned he REASONED both races were fundamentally equal in intelligence. He then CHANGED HIS MIND about human bondage and spoke out against slavery; hopefully freeing the man who had been his servant.