Benjamin Franklin

by Andrew Hamilton A SHORT PAPER on demography by Benjamin Franklin consisting of 24 numbered paragraphs, “Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, Etc.” (1751), provides interesting insight into the thoughts of one of the most astute and discerning of the Founding…

by Andrew Hamilton FRANKLIN’S racialism was evident in the demographic pamphlet “Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, Etc.” (1751)(see “Benjamin Franklin on Demography & Whiteness”) cited by Thomas Malthus on the first page of the second edition…