TY - BOOK AU - Fruchtman,Jack TI - Atlantic cousins: Benjamin Franklin and his visionary friends SN - 1560256680 U1 - 973.3092 PY - 2005/// CY - New York PB - Thunder's Mouth Press, KW - Franklin, Benjamin, KW - Enlightenment KW - United States KW - Intellectual life KW - 18th century N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-386) and index; Three men and the horrors of slavery : Whitefield, Benezet, and Sharp -- Benjamin Rush, revolution, religion, and medicine -- Paine, revolutionary zeal, and engineering -- Price and Priestley, religious dissent and revolution -- Price, Priestley, and scientific Inquiry -- Marat and Mesmer, charlatans or misunderstood scientists? -- Condorcet, revolution, and la République Française -- Brissot, revolutionary politics, and democracy -- Learning in the new era -- Epilogue : a future of progress, liberty, and justice ER -