{"product_id":"runaway-america-benjamin-franklin-slavery-and-the-american-revolution-paperback","title":"Runaway America: Benjamin Franklin, Slavery, and the American Revolution - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Waldstreicher\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScientist, abolitionist, revolutionary: that is the Benjamin Franklin we know and celebrate. To this description, the talented young historian David Waldstreicher shows we must add runaway, slave master, and empire builder. But \u003ci\u003eRunaway America\u003c\/i\u003e does much more than revise our image of a beloved founding father. Finding slavery at the center of Franklin's life, Waldstreicher proves it was likewise central to the Revolution, America's founding, and the very notion of freedom we associate with both.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFranklin was the sole Founding Father who was once owned by someone else and was among the few to derive his fortune from slavery. As an indentured servant, Franklin fled his master before his term was complete; as a struggling printer, he built a financial empire selling newspapers that not only advertised the goods of a slave economy (not to mention slaves) but also ran the notices that led to the recapture of runaway servants. Perhaps Waldstreicher's greatest achievement is in showing that this was not an ironic outcome but a calculated one. America's freedom, no less than Franklin's, demanded that others forgo liberty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough the life of Franklin, \u003ci\u003eRunaway America\u003c\/i\u003e provides an original explanation to the paradox of American slavery and freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Waldstreicher\u003c\/b\u003e, professor of history at Notre Dame, is author of \u003ci\u003eIn the Midst of Perpetual Fetes: The Making of American Nationalism\u003c\/i\u003e and editor of Thomas Jefferson's \u003ci\u003eNotes on the State of Virginia\u003c\/i\u003e (Bedford Books).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 8.82 x 5.74 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 10, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47468490195197,"sku":"9780809083152","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/eG9aMjh4UFFEd2FlY3FsR3g0QlZ3Zz09.webp?v=1777290213","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/runaway-america-benjamin-franklin-slavery-and-the-american-revolution-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}