noun
- United States historian noted for studies of Black American history (born in 1915.
- synonyms: John Hope Franklin
- Printer whose success as an author led him to take up politics; he helped draw up the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution; he played a major role in the American Revolution and negotiated French support for the colonists; as a scientist he is remembered particularly for his research in electricity (1706-1790.
- synonyms: Benjamin Franklin
- A landowner (14th and 15th centuries) who was free but not of noble birth. .
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