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Benjamin Franklin

Did you know Benjamin Franklin tried to end the U.S. slave trade?

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March 3, 1735 - May 19, 1777
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Alexander Hamilton
January 11, 1755 - July 12, 1804
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John Hancock
January 23, 1737 – October 8, 1793
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Robert Livingston
November 27, 1746 – February 26, 1813
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Richard Henry Lee
January 20, 1732 – June 19, 1794
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Thomas Jefferson
April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826
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John Adams
October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826
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Edward Rutledge
November 23, 1749 - January 23, 1800
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Roger Sherman
April 19, 1721 - July 23, 1793
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September 27, 1722 - October 2, 1803
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George Washington
February 22, 1732 - December 14, 1799
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James Monroe
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