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 25
... Soon frightened eyes observed the British fleet at Cape Henlopen , only a short sail away . This report started a rush within the city itself . To eleven - year - old James Forten's eyes all now became hurry , confusion , and noise ...
... Soon frightened eyes observed the British fleet at Cape Henlopen , only a short sail away . This report started a rush within the city itself . To eleven - year - old James Forten's eyes all now became hurry , confusion , and noise ...
Page 87
... soon . It will teach them the art of assembling together , debating , and the like , and would soon , if encouraged , extend from one end of the Union to the other . Although I thank God I have no slaves , nor ever wished to possess any ...
... soon . It will teach them the art of assembling together , debating , and the like , and would soon , if encouraged , extend from one end of the Union to the other . Although I thank God I have no slaves , nor ever wished to possess any ...
Page 98
... soon as Cuffe discharged his pas- sengers and unloaded his cargo , he hurried to Forten's sail loft . The captain was not alone . With him was a husky , blond youth who smiled at James in a friendly way , but said nothing . " This is ...
... soon as Cuffe discharged his pas- sengers and unloaded his cargo , he hurried to Forten's sail loft . The captain was not alone . With him was a husky , blond youth who smiled at James in a friendly way , but said nothing . " This is ...
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