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 55
... wanted to live in England . He wished he could talk to the old Quaker about his plans , but although he often walked through the ship chandlers ' section , searching for the kindly man who had given him the pamphlets , he never saw him ...
... wanted to live in England . He wished he could talk to the old Quaker about his plans , but although he often walked through the ship chandlers ' section , searching for the kindly man who had given him the pamphlets , he never saw him ...
Page 128
... wanted . The African chiefs , who had promised the land to Paul Cuffe , went back on their word . Mills had , however , made arrangements for another tract of land , Sherbro Island , fifty miles south of Sierra Leone . The climate was ...
... wanted . The African chiefs , who had promised the land to Paul Cuffe , went back on their word . Mills had , however , made arrangements for another tract of land , Sherbro Island , fifty miles south of Sierra Leone . The climate was ...
Page 169
... wanted everything to be just right . Charlotte gave a final shine to the mahogany sideboard , polished the tall silver candle- sticks , and supervised Margaretta and Sarah in setting the great dining - room table with the fine china and ...
... wanted everything to be just right . Charlotte gave a final shine to the mahogany sideboard , polished the tall silver candle- sticks , and supervised Margaretta and Sarah in setting the great dining - room table with the fine china and ...
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