[DOC] [TLE] Benjamin Franklin Petitions Congress | National Archives [PAR] Jan 17, 2006 ... In his later years he became vocal as an abolitionist and in 1787 began ... slavery 
and his last public act was to send to Congress a petition on behalf ... The petition
, signed on February 3, 1790, asked the first Congress, then... [DOC] [TLE] J! Archive - Show #3263, aired 1998-11-11 [PAR] The 13 people at his final dinner included James, Andrew, John & Judas .... THE 
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BEN FRANKLIN ... One of my last public acts was signing 
a 1790 petition to Congress urging the abolition of this... [DOC] [TLE] Benjamin Franklin: The Sage of America - Heritage Foundation [PAR] Jul 8, 2013 ... One of his last public acts was to sign a petition to Congress, ... for Promoting the 
Abolition of Slavery, urging emancipation and the end of the slave trade. .... Ben 
Franklin's famous Poor Richard's Almanack was an annual... [DOC] [TLE] The My Hero Project - Benjamin Franklinb_franklin [PAR] Next to that, he also founded what is thought to be the first ever public library, ... 
When Ben got old enough to act for himself, he left to Philadelphia because of ... 
Assembly was to sign a petition to the National Congress urging the abolition of 
slavery. He dedicated his last couple of years trying to eliminate slavery in our... [DOC] [TLE] Inventor Benjamin Franklin - The Great Idea Finder [PAR] In 1731 he founded what was probably the first public library in America, .... and 
one of his last public acts was to sign a petition to the U.S. Congress, on February 
12, 1790, as president of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society, urging the abolition 
of ... Immediately after inventing the furnace stove, Ben established the first fire... [DOC] [TLE] Benjamin Franklin :: Biography - Free Essays [PAR] He had no talent in public speaking, preferring to write out his thoughts on ... of 
the church" put Ben into grammar school at the age of eight (Franklin (book) -335
). .... of Franklin's last public acts before his death was to sign a petition on 
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slave trade. [DOC] [TLE] Benjamin Franklin - Corrosion Doctors [PAR] One night, Franklin slipped a letter, signed "Silence Dogood," under the door of 
his brother's ... Ben Franklin's 'lead letter' ... Franklin was bedridden during the 
final year of his life and died on April 17, 1790. As one of his final public acts, he 
signed a petition to the U.S. Congress urging the abolition of slavery, just two 
months... [DOC] [TLE] BENJAMIN FRANKLIN - World History International [PAR] Ben soon became an expert printer, but he was not happy in his brother's .... 
Pennsylvania's governor urged Franklin to patent his invention, but he ... They 
asked Franklin to go back to England late in 1764 and present their petition to 
King George III. ... His final public act was to sign a memorial to the state 
legislature as... [DOC] [TLE] #file="c:\work\content\ProEssay2\university of pennsylvania ben ... [PAR] Permit me to communicate to the public, through your paper, one that has lately 
..... and one of his last public acts was to sign a petition to the U.S. Congress, ... 
1790, as president of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society, urging the abolition of... [DOC] [TLE] About The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin - CliffsNotes [PAR] Long before his years of public service were over he had been referred to in ... 
James then wrote Franklin urging him to continue the story and sending him his 
.... His last public act was to sign a congressional petition advocating the abolition
... [DOC] [TLE] Benjamin Franklin Papers - Record of Birth - 1:3a [PAR] He devoted the rest of his long life to public service, but the most important ..... In 
the last year of his life he signed a petition to the new United States Congress for 
the .... else), Franklin did not at first recognize the Acts as a tax on Americans (15:
74). ... His letters to Americans stopped urging them

Question: Ben's last public act was to sign a petition to Congress urging the abolition of this
Answer: slavery