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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... Vote . Vote on the Resolution , " called several voices . The vote was quickly taken . Eighty - five congressmen voted " yea " -that such petitions do " create disquiet and jeal- ousy and should not be encouraged . " Only one ...
... Vote . Vote on the Resolution , " called several voices . The vote was quickly taken . Eighty - five congressmen voted " yea " -that such petitions do " create disquiet and jeal- ousy and should not be encouraged . " Only one ...
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... vote --and to vote independently . " We wish them not This Vehement Man , This Garrison 143.
... vote --and to vote independently . " We wish them not This Vehement Man , This Garrison 143.
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... voting rights of free Negroes . On the other hand , in 1803 , when the British were im- pressing American sailors on the ... vote . This was possible because , in 1790 , when the Pennsylvania Constitution was drawn up , Repre- sentative ...
... voting rights of free Negroes . On the other hand , in 1803 , when the British were im- pressing American sailors on the ... vote . This was possible because , in 1790 , when the Pennsylvania Constitution was drawn up , Repre- sentative ...
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