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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... privateers went to sea just for money . Many , for purely patriotic reasons , fought the fast British cruisers that were often sent in squadrons to hunt them down . Frequently a privateer deliberately sank an enemy ship and its cargo in ...
... privateers went to sea just for money . Many , for purely patriotic reasons , fought the fast British cruisers that were often sent in squadrons to hunt them down . Frequently a privateer deliberately sank an enemy ship and its cargo in ...
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... privateer . I hear the Royal Louis is looking for men . " The Royal Louis was a very special privateer : Philadel- phia's own fast - sailing huntress of the sea , built by the State of Pennsylvania to protect American vessels from the ...
... privateer . I hear the Royal Louis is looking for men . " The Royal Louis was a very special privateer : Philadel- phia's own fast - sailing huntress of the sea , built by the State of Pennsylvania to protect American vessels from the ...
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... privateer was a good omen , the sailors said . Surely the Royal Louis was a lucky ship . Toward late afternoon of the next day the privateer fell in with a brigantine of fourteen guns called the Phoenix . The Phoenix crowded on all sail ...
... privateer was a good omen , the sailors said . Surely the Royal Louis was a lucky ship . Toward late afternoon of the next day the privateer fell in with a brigantine of fourteen guns called the Phoenix . The Phoenix crowded on all sail ...
Contents
Letters by a Man of Color | 9 |
Black Pioneers | 10 |
The American Colonization SocietyThe Great Debate | 11 |
Copyright | |
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