1790 Abolition

On February 3rd, 1790, less than three months before his death, Benjamin Franklin petitioned Congress to provide the means to bring slavery to an end. When the petition was introduced to the House and the Senate it was immediately rejected by pro-slavery congressmen mostly from the southern states.

But maybe, just maybe, it could've worked.

Timeline

 * 1789: Franklin's Address to the Public is able to convince many, including George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, to become abolitionists


 * 1790: The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage (More well known as the Pennsylvania Abolition Society) petitions for the end of slavery to the congress. With a close 66% for to 34% against, the Emancipation Act is signed on April 19th