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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... James made up his mind . “ Quick , Daniel , ” he said , " you get into the sea chest . I'll see that you get safely off the ship . " The next morning James and the ... James Forten in England Not long after James 50 Forten the Sailmaker.
... James made up his mind . “ Quick , Daniel , ” he said , " you get into the sea chest . I'll see that you get safely off the ship . " The next morning James and the ... James Forten in England Not long after James 50 Forten the Sailmaker.
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Esther Morris Douty. 5 LO James Forten in England Not long after James Forten returned home , Britain for- mally admitted that she had lost the war with her American colonies . In September , 1783 , her representatives met in France with ...
Esther Morris Douty. 5 LO James Forten in England Not long after James Forten returned home , Britain for- mally admitted that she had lost the war with her American colonies . In September , 1783 , her representatives met in France with ...
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... James Monroe , newly elected President of the United States , who , during ... Forten . For years - since 1807 in fact — he had been proud to know that a ... Forten convinced that the slaves would be freed to go to Africa . Who among the ...
... James Monroe , newly elected President of the United States , who , during ... Forten . For years - since 1807 in fact — he had been proud to know that a ... Forten convinced that the slaves would be freed to go to Africa . Who among the ...
Contents
At the School of the Small Quaker | 9 |
Hard Times | 20 |
Anthony Benezet with some pupils | 22 |
Copyright | |
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aboard abolitionists Absalom Jones African American Colonization Society American Negroes Amphyon Anthony Benezet Anti-Slavery asked Beasly 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 shouted 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