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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... looked strong , well fed , and well clad . They appeared to have an endless supply of muskets and cannon . The contrast be- tween them and the poorly equipped American soldiers , who had marched through the same streets a few weeks ...
... looked strong , well fed , and well clad . They appeared to have an endless supply of muskets and cannon . The contrast be- tween them and the poorly equipped American soldiers , who had marched through the same streets a few weeks ...
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... looked surprised . " Why , Jamaican rum . ” " And what cargo to Jamaica - perhaps from Africa ? " James's usually pleasant face looked tight and angry . The captain hesitated before answering , just long enough to make Forten feel he ...
... looked surprised . " Why , Jamaican rum . ” " And what cargo to Jamaica - perhaps from Africa ? " James's usually pleasant face looked tight and angry . The captain hesitated before answering , just long enough to make Forten feel he ...
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... looked upon the matter differently . One observer of the time described it this way : During these two days [ May 14 and 15 ] the Hall was crowded , and on the streets leading to it were throngs of persons pressing towards the building ...
... looked upon the matter differently . One observer of the time described it this way : During these two days [ May 14 and 15 ] the Hall was crowded , and on the streets leading to it were throngs of persons pressing towards the building ...
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