Today's American Minute — Ben Franklin's support of Religious Liberty

Ben Franklin's support of Religious Liberty, Freedom of Conscience & Abolition of Slavery! - American Minute with Bill Federer

Ben Franklin's support of Religious Liberty Freedom of Conscience & Abolition of Slavery!

Ben Franklin's support of Religious Liberty, Freedom of Conscience & Abolition of Slavery! - American Minute with Bill Federer

Franklin proposed a General Fast, which was approved by the Colony's Council and printed in his Pennsylvania Gazette, December 12, 1747: "As the calamities of a bloody War ... seem every year more nearly to approach us ... there is just reason to fear that unless we humble ourselves before the Lord & amend our Ways, we may be chastized with yet heavier Judgments."

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