“What shall we have Mr. Franklin, a monarchy or a republic?”
“Depends on egg prices. Good luck, lady.”
“Depends on egg prices. Good luck, lady.”
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https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/constitutionalconvention-september17.htm
Franklin immediately followed this statement with, and I quote..."nice ankles..."
First woman's right to vote - New Zealand in 1893.
Switzerland not til 1971, surprisingly.
Several of the Founders were Non Slave Owning Abolitionists.
Adams, Paine, Sherman, Morris, Hamilton.
Franklin had slaves in his youth but freed them and became an Abolitionist.
I remember seeing it back years ago.
Even then $$ was king, no matter what!
My exposure to the subject and what I've learned then and over the years has been brutal.
Shocking thing - Most estimates, more slaves in Barbados 1700s to early 1800s than Colonies for Sugarcane.
(Narrator: You shall have neither of them.)