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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Page 146
... Garrison's views soon proved too extreme for Lundy . The two men had already decided to part when Garrison was jailed . Neither Garrison nor Lundy had the money to pay Garrison's fine . He languished in jail for seven weeks until Arthur ...
... Garrison's views soon proved too extreme for Lundy . The two men had already decided to part when Garrison was jailed . Neither Garrison nor Lundy had the money to pay Garrison's fine . He languished in jail for seven weeks until Arthur ...
Page 147
... Garrison knew that of the free Negro groups in the United States , New York City's was the largest , with 14,000 people . Philadelphia came next with 9,700 . Garrison's own city of Boston had less than 2,000 . The Philadelphia group was ...
... Garrison knew that of the free Negro groups in the United States , New York City's was the largest , with 14,000 people . Philadelphia came next with 9,700 . Garrison's own city of Boston had less than 2,000 . The Philadelphia group was ...
Page 173
... Garrison to depend upon the Negroes to support his paper when his white followers were so much better off . Still the sailmaker had to admit that the Liberator's influence ex- tended to thousands of persons who did not subscribe to it ...
... Garrison to depend upon the Negroes to support his paper when his white followers were so much better off . Still the sailmaker had to admit that the Liberator's influence ex- tended to thousands of persons who did not subscribe to it ...
Contents
Letters by a Man of Color | 9 |
Black Pioneers | 10 |
The American Colonization SocietyThe Great Debate | 11 |
Copyright | |
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