Founding Brothers

Symbolism

What did the badge of mourning symbolize after Ben Franklin's death?

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"Whether they knew it or not, the badge of mourning the members of the House agreed to wear also bore testimony to the tragic and perhaps intractable problem that even the revolutionary generation, with all its extraordinary talent, could neither solve nor face." This intractable problem was the issue of slavery. 

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Founding Brothers/ Page 119