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 18
... never grew . This is the bird that never flew . This is the ship that never sailed . This is the glass that never failed . The tavern signs were easy for James to read . In fact , now he could read anything Mr. Benezet put before him ...
... never grew . This is the bird that never flew . This is the ship that never sailed . This is the glass that never failed . The tavern signs were easy for James to read . In fact , now he could read anything Mr. Benezet put before him ...
Page 77
... never be- came a nationwide voice for the Negro people , as did the Afri- can Methodist Church , which was run by Negroes for Negroes . But Forten never regretted that his church remained within the white framework . He felt that by ...
... never be- came a nationwide voice for the Negro people , as did the Afri- can Methodist Church , which was run by Negroes for Negroes . But Forten never regretted that his church remained within the white framework . He felt that by ...
Page 87
... never seen a petition presented under a more danger- ous and unpleasant aspect . It appears to be subscribed by a number of individuals who are incapable of writing their names , or of reading the petition , and all the more cer- tainly ...
... never seen a petition presented under a more danger- ous and unpleasant aspect . It appears to be subscribed by a number of individuals who are incapable of writing their names , or of reading the petition , and all the more cer- tainly ...
Contents
Letters by a Man of Color | 9 |
Black Pioneers | 10 |
The American Colonization SocietyThe Great Debate | 11 |
Copyright | |
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