John Hope Franklin

man that we must strive to be like? Franklin? Roosevelt?…

oppressed and coerced to do something they did not want to do, by the British, the slaves were also being oppressed and even mistreated. This then is what I think is a justified reason to revolt. I think France may have been motivated both ways. Benjamin Franklin, an ambassador to France reasoned and persuaded the French to intervene. Thus, this may have lead them to step in and aid the Americans. The French may also have helped because of what they could get in return from the Americans, thus,…

“having succeeded in life unaided”. There is no truer definition for both Benjamin Franklin and Frederick Douglass. These two amazing, intelligent, and driven men were born in two separate centuries but have many similarities, while at the same time were very different. America would not be what it is today without the contribution of Benjamin Franklin and Frederick Douglass. Frederick Douglass and Benjamin Franklin epitomize the ideal self-made man. Frederick Douglass was born…

do have some individuals who actually inspired by the people that have come before us. I am talking about hundreds of years before us, like Harriet Tubman, Malcolm X, Thomas Edison, and Abraham Lincoln. After reading The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin and Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass I found out that were very inspirational people of their time. In other words I like to call them pioneers of the new America. Douglass and Franklin’s values were similar and different in many…

In 1761, Wheatley was kidnapped from West Africa and enslaved. She was purchased by John Wheatley as a servant for his wife. Although Phillis was brought as a slave, the Wheatleys took a great interest in Phillis’s education. Phillis learned to read and write English, and she became familiar with Latin, Greek, the Bible, and other classics…

Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston in 1706, as one of seventeen children. Of the titles he holds, Founding Father, inventor, and scientist are just a few. He is perhaps best known for having his face on the 100 dollar bill and “discovering” electricity. Franklin’s father was a soap and candle maker. When Franklin was only 10 years old, he was pulled out of school to assist in the family business. He also worked as an apprentice at his uncle’s printing shop as a young boy before quitting and…

conditions, you are the youngest son out seventeen kids? In an autobiographical letter written to his son William, Benjamin Franklin describes in detail the hardships he faced while growing up in an extensive family, and how he became an intellectual man out of passion for reading and writing, and later on one of the Founding Fathers of the Nation. With his passion and dynamism, Franklin became a key figure in the American Revolution and his autobiography serves as an example of what was…

I would like to introduce you to a man. This man loved God and pursued Him diligently; he was a man who had weaknesses same as you and me, but also a man who had yielded his life to Christ and desired for God to work through him for God’s glory. I have come to admire this man very much. His name was Benjamin Rush. In Benjamin’s early years he suffered the loss of his father. His mother moved her young family to Philadelphia where she opened a grocery store to provide for her children. Determined…

Experiences are like a priceless possession that teaches an individual the value and esoteric essence of his own existence. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is an account of Franklin’s life experiences that taught him a deal of self-righteousness, virtue, self-actualization, knowledge and wisdom. Franklin recalls many past, powerful instances of his life that have influenced the ethical and intellectual development. The memoir also represents various events that built his keen interest in…

John Winthrop was born in 1587 and he lived in a pugnaciously moment in England, with many religious differences. Winthrop was a successful lawyer in England. He decided to look for moral support and gradually joined into a party called the Puritans. At the same time the spiritual situation in England changed tremendously with the battle between Catholicism and Protestantism. “in 1629 he set forth to help establish the Massachusetts Bay Colony, where he became a leading citizen, including…