Benjamin Franklin and his future wife, Deborah Read first saw each other in 1723 on his arrival in Philadelphia, when they were only teenagers. By then, the Read family was well established in the ...

A visit to a school for Black children challenged Franklin’s racial prejudices. Deborah Franklin encouraged her husband to visit a new school for enslaved and free Black children in Philadelphia.

Journalist Stuart (Defiant Brides) offers a fresh perspective on Benjamin Franklin in this revealing study of his relationships with women. Though some scholars have described Franklin’s common-law ...

Deborah N. Franklin BALLSTON LAKE – Deborah N. (Liberty) Franklin, 64, went home to the Lord on Saturday, October 11, 2014 at Albany Medical Center. Born in New York City she was the daughter of the ...