Franklin Benjamin Sanborn

Franklin Benjamin Sanborn
Born(1831-12-15)December 15, 1831
Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, US
DiedFebruary 24, 1917(1917-02-24) (aged 85)
Plainfield, New Jersey, US
Resting placeSleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Massachusetts
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • author
  • historian
  • abolitionist
  • social reformer
ChildrenThomas Parker Sanborn, Victor Channing Sanborn, Francis Bachiler Sanborn
Signature

Franklin Benjamin Sanborn (December 15, 1831 – February 24, 1917) was an American journalist, teacher, author, reformer, and abolitionist. Sanborn was a social scientist and memorialist of American transcendentalism who wrote early biographies of many of the movement's key figures. He founded the American Social Science Association in 1865 "to treat wisely the great social problems of the day." He was a member of the so-called Secret Six, or "Committee of Six", which funded or helped obtain funding for John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry; in fact, he introduced Brown to the others.[1]: 105  A recent scholar describes him as "humorless."[2]: 2 

  1. ^ Mitchell, Betty L. (June 1974). "Realities Not Shadows: Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, the Early Years". Civil War History. 20 (2): 101–117. doi:10.1353/cwh.1974.0037. S2CID 144444351.
  2. ^ Renehan Jr., Edward J. (1995). The Secret Six. The True Tale of the Men Who Conspired with John Brown. New York: Crown. ISBN 051759028X.