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BookTV IS PROFESSOR MAURICE JACKSON HERE AT GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY. HE IS THE AUTHOR OF THIS BOOK, "LET THIS VOICE BE HEARD: ANTHONY BENEZET, FATHER OF...
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ME. HE WAS BORN IN FRANCE IN 1713, BECAUSE OF RELIGIOUS AND TOLERATION, -- NON-CATHOLICS SOME RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. PEOPLE LIKE, OR POST TO LEAVE, EITHER...
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DID HE COME TO THE STATE? >> HE CAME TO THE UNITED
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STATES IN 1731. AS HE CAME TO THE UNITED STATES HE LIVED IN ENGLAND SOME YEARS BUT HIS FATHER WAS EMERGING. HE DIDN'T FIND ANY BUSINESSES THAT HE WANTED...
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HOW WIDESPREAD WAS SLAVERY IN PHILADELPHIA IN THE 1730s, 1740s? >> PHILADELPHIA HAD THE
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SLAVE. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN OWNED SLAVES. THERE WERE ABOUT 3000. OF COURSE -- YOU HAVE A LARGE WHITE WORKFORCE, AND SO, THEREFORE, THE SLAVERY MAY NOT...
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QUESTION. 300 YEARS, IT'S ONE REASON WHY I DECIDED TO BUY THIS BOOK. I MAINLY SAW IT AT FIRST WITH BLACK. THEY WOULD KNOW DEBBIE IBIZA VOICE. HE WROTE...
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NEWPORT VIRGINIA. WENT TO SCHOOL, AND THEN LEFT AND WENT TO WORK IN A SHIPYARD A COUPLE OF YEARS, AND THEN FELT THAT WASN'T FOR ME. DID WANT TO GET...
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PROJECT, I'M FORTUNATE TO HAVE A FELLOWSHIP. THIS BUDGET IS ON THE HISTORY OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. CYCLE BACK TO THE 1780s. I...
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