[Verginius Rufus]

I believe Franklin owned a slave at one point. Later he was a leader in the anti-slavery movement.

[wardaddy]

Franklin owned two house slaves

Both skilled and literate

He freed them in his elderly years

Like I care one iota to be honest

[piasa]

By 1770 Franklin had freed all of his slaves.

http://www.benjaminfranklinhouse.org/site/sections/about_franklin/Issue%205%20Spring-Summer%20200%20Benjamin%20Franklin%20and%20Slavery.pdf