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 156
... Pennsylvania the Turner uprising made many citizens openly fear all black people and not want them around . This concern caused the Pennsylvania Assembly to pass two Reso- lutions . The first was to look into the passage of a law " to ...
... Pennsylvania the Turner uprising made many citizens openly fear all black people and not want them around . This concern caused the Pennsylvania Assembly to pass two Reso- lutions . The first was to look into the passage of a law " to ...
Page 191
... Pennsylvania Hall housed lecture and committee rooms and an office for the Pennsylvania Freeman , the weekly paper that Whittier had taken over from the aging Benjamin Lundy . The second floor contained the auditorium , magnificent with ...
... Pennsylvania Hall housed lecture and committee rooms and an office for the Pennsylvania Freeman , the weekly paper that Whittier had taken over from the aging Benjamin Lundy . The second floor contained the auditorium , magnificent with ...
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... Pennsylvania Abolition Society , and school , 144 Pennsylvania Freeman , 191 Pennsylvania Hall , 190-194 Perry , Oliver H. , 106-107 Petition of Free Blacks of Philadel- phia , 85-92 Philadelphia , 9 , 10 ; Canadian refu- gees in , 13 ...
... Pennsylvania Abolition Society , and school , 144 Pennsylvania Freeman , 191 Pennsylvania Hall , 190-194 Perry , Oliver H. , 106-107 Petition of Free Blacks of Philadel- phia , 85-92 Philadelphia , 9 , 10 ; Canadian refu- gees in , 13 ...
Contents
At the School of the Small Quaker | 9 |
Hard Times | 20 |
Anthony Benezet with some pupils | 22 |
Copyright | |
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