Gretchen Woelfle
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"All men are born free and equal."
Everybody knows about the Founding Fathers and the Declaration of Independence in 1776. But the founders weren't the only ones who believed that everyone had a right to freedom. Mumbet, a Massachusetts enslaved person, believed it too. She longed to be free, but how? Would anyone help her in her fight for freedom? Could she win against the richest man in town?
Mumbet
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Benjamin Franklin was a proud citizen of America all his life. And a proud subject of the British Empire. Until he wasn't. Under British rule Franklin prospered as a printer, newspaper publisher, and writer.
He served in the Pennsylvania Assembly that made laws for the colony.
He led campaigns to build the first college, library, hospital, and fire department for Philadelphians.
He even proposed a closer political union of Britain and ...