Poster of Cast and Crew in Philadelphia  The Great Experiment - Season 1 - Episode 3 - Franklin's Spark (1720-1765)

Philadelphia The Great Experiment - Season 1 - Franklin's Spark (1720-1765) (Episode 3)

Plot: 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
Episode Aired On:
Thursday, January 8 2015
10 years ago