Forten, the Sailmaker; Pioneer Champion of Negro RightsRand McNally, 1968 - 208 pages A biography of James Forten, a free Negro born in 1766 and owner of the leading sailmaking shop in Philadelphia, who spent his life and fortune furthering abolition. |
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... American farms or shipped from Europe . They had plenty of fun and entertainment , too , for rich Tories who had ... American ships sailed up the Delaware to Philadelphia . Many of these vessels were privateers — ships owned by private ...
... American farms or shipped from Europe . They had plenty of fun and entertainment , too , for rich Tories who had ... American ships sailed up the Delaware to Philadelphia . Many of these vessels were privateers — ships owned by private ...
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... American seamen off American ships and impressing them into the British Navy , which needed men . Under the Embargo , American ships could not bring cargoes to American ports from Europe or carry cargoes out of American ports . In this ...
... American seamen off American ships and impressing them into the British Navy , which needed men . Under the Embargo , American ships could not bring cargoes to American ports from Europe or carry cargoes out of American ports . In this ...
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... America , not to Britain . In December , 1821 , two men with this mission in mind dropped anchor at Sierra Leone . They were Dr. Eli Ayres , the principal agent for the American Colonization Society , and United States Navy Captain ...
... America , not to Britain . In December , 1821 , two men with this mission in mind dropped anchor at Sierra Leone . They were Dr. Eli Ayres , the principal agent for the American Colonization Society , and United States Navy Captain ...
Contents
Letters by a Man of Color | 9 |
Black Pioneers | 10 |
The American Colonization SocietyThe Great Debate | 11 |
Copyright | |
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aboard abolitionists Absalom Jones African American Colonization Society American Negroes Amphyon Anthony Benezet Anti-Slavery asked Beasly Benezet boat Boston British brought Captain Decatur cargo Charlotte Church citizens Colonizationists color Congress crew crowded Cuffe's deck declared Delaware delegates delphia Devany enemy England eyes feel felt fight fire Forten the sailmaker free Negroes freedom Freedom's Journal gathered Granville Sharp guns heard hope House human James Forten James's Jersey knew land Liberator Liberia lived looked marbles meeting morning nation never night pamphlet paper Paul Cuffe Pennsylvania Hall Perhaps persons petition Phila Philadelphia Negroes prison ship Quaker Reverend Richard Allen Robert Bridges Robert Purvis Royal Louis sail loft seamen sent Sierra Leone slaveholders slavery soon streets Thomas thought thousand tion told United vessel voice vote wharves white friends Whittier William Lloyd Garrison wrote young Forten