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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... England's Chief Justice , “ that it is incapable of being introduced on any reasons , moral or political , but only ... England ; and therefore the black must be discharged . " In other words , since no actual law had established slavery ...
... England's Chief Justice , “ that it is incapable of being introduced on any reasons , moral or political , but only ... England ; and therefore the black must be discharged . " In other words , since no actual law had established slavery ...
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... England's brilliant twenty - six - year - old Prime Minister , William Pitt . To these arguments , both in and out of Parliament , James listened with an avid ear . Exactly when James Forten left England and returned to America is not ...
... England's brilliant twenty - six - year - old Prime Minister , William Pitt . To these arguments , both in and out of Parliament , James listened with an avid ear . Exactly when James Forten left England and returned to America is not ...
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... England , 16 , 19 , 52-54 , 63-64 ; and Negroes , 160 , 165 , 168 , 195 race riots , 141 , 149 , 158-160 , 175- 176 , 180-182 , 185 , 192-194 ; see also revolts , Negro Ralston , Robert , 74 , 116 Red Bank , battle of , 32 Registration ...
... England , 16 , 19 , 52-54 , 63-64 ; and Negroes , 160 , 165 , 168 , 195 race riots , 141 , 149 , 158-160 , 175- 176 , 180-182 , 185 , 192-194 ; see also revolts , Negro Ralston , Robert , 74 , 116 Red Bank , battle of , 32 Registration ...
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