Benjamin Franklin

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Negative #7874.25
New York African Free School Collection

Date:

circa 1828

Creator:

James McCune Smith

Rights:

The New-York Historical Society
James McCune Smith did this drawing of Benjamin Franklin while attending the Mulberry Street School. Smith was a top student and his intellectual brillance was recognized by teachers, students, and school trustees alike. Maybe Smith harbored the secret ambition that he would one day become the African American Benjamin Franklin.

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Citation

James McCune Smith, “Benjamin Franklin,” Black Gotham Archive, accessed July 10, 2018, https://archive.blackgothamarchive.org/items/show/33/.