“Ben was born on January 17, 1706 in Boston, in what is known as the Massachusetts Bay Colony and Ben died on April 17, 1790” (Author N/A History.com 1). “Ben’s dad was Josiah Franklin, and he lived from 1657 to 1745” (Author N/A …show more content…
“In 1748 Ben contained slaves, and he had them work in his print shop” (Author N/A Biography.com 1). “Ben thought that slavery was evil, so he decided to free his slaves” (Author N/A Biography.com 1). “Ben became the president of the Pennsylvania Society for promoting the abolition of slavery” (Author N/A Biography.com 1). “In 1790 Ben wanted Congress to end slavery and trade” (Author N/A Biography.com 1). Ben was an original founding father. “He was the only founding father to sign all four major documents that consists of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, the Treaty of Alliance with France in 1778, the treaty of Paris which established peace in Great Britain in 1783, and the United States Constitution in 1787” (Author N/A History.com 1). Now that we know what Ben did in his regular hours, what did he do in his after hours? “Debra Read was married, but her husband left her” (Author N/A History.com 1). “She was going to get married to Ben, but do to bigamy laws they had an unofficial wedding” (Author N/A History.com 1). “Ben and Debra had a kid named Francis who lived for four years, and that was from 1732 to 1736, because of smallpox” (Author N/A History.com 1). “They also had a daughter Sarah who lived from 1743 to 1808, and they had a son named William who was alive from 1730 to 1813, and was born at Wedlock” (Author N/A History.com 1). “William Franklin served as the last colonial governor of New Jersey, from 1763 to 1776, and