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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... ship . Maybe next time we'll take a prize with an even better cargo - guns , perhaps even gold . " But his mother could not share his enthusiasm . " Lucky ship ? " she said , tonelessly . " Who knows , James ? The next time you may be ...
... ship . Maybe next time we'll take a prize with an even better cargo - guns , perhaps even gold . " But his mother could not share his enthusiasm . " Lucky ship ? " she said , tonelessly . " Who knows , James ? The next time you may be ...
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... ship , " he called , “ a full - rigged ship . " The crew of the Royal Louis looked at one another un- easily . Was the large vessel a merchantman or a warship ? As yet no one could tell . Nevertheless Decatur ordered , " Give chase ...
... ship , " he called , “ a full - rigged ship . " The crew of the Royal Louis looked at one another un- easily . Was the large vessel a merchantman or a warship ? As yet no one could tell . Nevertheless Decatur ordered , " Give chase ...
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... ship Jersey . The day before James was taken off the Amphyon , Willie Beasly ran to him and hugged him tight . He handed young Forten a note . " This is for you ... ship Jersey mantled , moored in the East On the Prison Ship Jersey 45.
... ship Jersey . The day before James was taken off the Amphyon , Willie Beasly ran to him and hugged him tight . He handed young Forten a note . " This is for you ... ship Jersey mantled , moored in the East On the Prison Ship Jersey 45.
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