Ben Franklin Changes HIs Mind
Benjamin Franklin was an outstanding man of his times. A man of his day owned slaves, and so did he. He also changed with the times, and in Pennsylvania, slavery became increasingly unpopular. Franklin's attitude also changed during his life, from acceptance of the widespread practice, to the realization that African peoples were not in fact inherently inferior, and at the end of his life, petitioning Congress to end slavery.
Franklin's will stipulated that his son-in-law free his slave before he could inherit.
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