Name: Franklin's Spark (1720-1765)
Released: 2015-01-08

Philadelphia: The Great Experiment

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Episodes

14 episodes in this season

Fever (1793-1820)

In Penn's Shadow (1680-1720)

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Franklin's Spark (1720-1765)

The Storm (1765-1790)

Fever (1793-1820)

Disorder (1820-1854)

An Equal Chance (1855-1871)

The Floodgates Open

World Stage (1872-1899)

E10

Awakening (1900-1920)

E11

Corrupt (1920-1940)

E12

Promise for a Better City (1944-1964)

E13

The Fight (1965-1978)

E14

Breakthrough (1978-1994)

Philadelphia: The Great Experiment

TV Series

2012

Documentary

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Franklin's Spark (1720-1765)

Season 1 · Episode 3 · Jan 8, 2015

Benjamin Franklin is Philadelphia's most iconic citizen, but how did William Penn's city shape the man often called "The First American"? This episode follows Franklin from his arrival as a fugitive indentured servant to his emergence as a leader of craftsmen, civic innovator, media pioneer, politician, and the force behind America's greatest Enlightenment city. But all around Franklin, slavery drives the city's prosperity. Sampson, enslaved to Governor James Logan, strikes out for freedom, forcing Quaker power brokers to wrestle with the great evil of their times. And soon, Philadelphia's peaceful charter will face its greatest test, as a violent frontier conflict threatens to explode in the city's streets.

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Philadelphia: The Great Experiment

TV Series

2012

Documentary

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Franklin's Spark (1720-1765)

Season 1 · Episode 3 · Jan 8, 2015

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