Today's American Minute — Freedom of Conscience & Abolition of Slavery!
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!
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."