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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... Philadelphia sky . After that , matters grew even worse for the Americans . January of 1778 was bitter cold , and the snows were heavy . At Valley Forge , only a few miles from Philadelphia , General Washington's men were barefoot ...
... Philadelphia sky . After that , matters grew even worse for the Americans . January of 1778 was bitter cold , and the snows were heavy . At Valley Forge , only a few miles from Philadelphia , General Washington's men were barefoot ...
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... Philadelphia sailmaker made little of his achievements and left no autobiography to aid a present - day biographer . The most valuable source of collected information that I found was an article " James Forten : Forgotten Abolitionist ...
... Philadelphia sailmaker made little of his achievements and left no autobiography to aid a present - day biographer . The most valuable source of collected information that I found was an article " James Forten : Forgotten Abolitionist ...
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... Philadelphia , 1831-1857 . Philadelphia . Woodson , Carter G. The Negro in Our History . Washington , 1961 . NEWSPAPERS AND OTHER PERIODICALS Annals of Congress . 6th Congress , 1st session . Freedom's Journal . New York , 1827 ...
... Philadelphia , 1831-1857 . Philadelphia . Woodson , Carter G. The Negro in Our History . Washington , 1961 . NEWSPAPERS AND OTHER PERIODICALS Annals of Congress . 6th Congress , 1st session . Freedom's Journal . New York , 1827 ...
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