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SCENE 7 / 1776
Only Franklin, Jefferson, Hancock,
remain.
FRANKLIN:
We've no other choice, John. The
has to go.and Thomson
slavery clauseJOHN: > ',--'
Franklin, what are y'saying?
FRANKLIN: - -4
It's a luxury we can't afford.
JOHN: -
A luxury? A half-million souls in chains and Dr.
Franklin calls it a luxury~Maybe you should've
walked out with the South!
FRANKLIN:
You forget yourself, sir! I founded the first anti-
slavery society on this continent!
JOHN:
Don't wave your credentials at me! Perhaps it's
time you had them renewed!4 '' j r.
FRANKLIN, angrily:
SThe issue here is independence! Maybe you've
lost sight of that fact, but I have not! How dare
you jeopardize our cause when we've come so far?.
These men, no matter how much we disagree with
them, are not ribbon clerks to be ordered about;
they're proud, accomplished men, the cream of
their colonies-and whether you like it or not,
they and the people they represent will be a part
of the new country you'd hope to create Either
start learning how to live with them or pack up
and go home-but in any case, stop acting like a
Boston fishwife!C(
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Fulks, Lewis. [Prompt Script from Scene 7 of 1776], script, 1975-08~; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth865106/m1/33/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.