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 10
... Thomas Forten's grandfather had been brought from Af- rica to Philadelphia in a slave ship , but Thomas had never known any of his grandparents . Now , in 1774 , he was thank- ful that he and his wife Sarah both had been born free ...
... Thomas Forten's grandfather had been brought from Af- rica to Philadelphia in a slave ship , but Thomas had never known any of his grandparents . Now , in 1774 , he was thank- ful that he and his wife Sarah both had been born free ...
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... Thomas Willing standing on the dock , frowning as he studied a document he held in his hands . Thomas Willing was a great man in Phila- delphia . For years he had been the city's mayor and the busi- ness partner of the wealthy banker ...
... Thomas Willing standing on the dock , frowning as he studied a document he held in his hands . Thomas Willing was a great man in Phila- delphia . For years he had been the city's mayor and the busi- ness partner of the wealthy banker ...
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... Thomas Willing watching him . Willing's shrewd eyes glinted with interest . " What have you there , James ? " he asked pleasantly . Forten was glad to ... Thomas Willing . Ever since he could remember ,. 78 Forten the Sailmaker Thomas ...
... Thomas Willing watching him . Willing's shrewd eyes glinted with interest . " What have you there , James ? " he asked pleasantly . Forten was glad to ... Thomas Willing . Ever since he could remember ,. 78 Forten the Sailmaker Thomas ...
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