I got curious cause I knew Franklin wasn't a plantation owner or anything, so I looked up his history. Apparently he had 7 slaves throughout his life, but later on he slowly transitioned to being an abolitionist. He was never on our guy John Brown's level, and was apparently kinda wishy-washy about full abolition, though he was the president of the Pennsylvania Abolitionist Society. Doesn't look like it was enough to save him from the wall, but he can be in the middle of the line instead of right up front I guess.