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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... young men volunteered to fight . The fire of patriotism appeared to blaze mostly in the American Navy . On September 10 , 1813 , Captain Oliver H. Perry , against great odds , swept the enemy from Lake Erie . Eleven nights later , when ...
... young men volunteered to fight . The fire of patriotism appeared to blaze mostly in the American Navy . On September 10 , 1813 , Captain Oliver H. Perry , against great odds , swept the enemy from Lake Erie . Eleven nights later , when ...
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Esther Morris Douty. young men armed with clubs , gathered near the Pennsylvania Hospital , where they were joined by ... young white boys walking past a Negro meetinghouse . A mob soon collected , tore down the meetinghouse , attacked ...
Esther Morris Douty. young men armed with clubs , gathered near the Pennsylvania Hospital , where they were joined by ... young white boys walking past a Negro meetinghouse . A mob soon collected , tore down the meetinghouse , attacked ...
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... young people . She is also on the staff of Georgetown University's Writers ' Conference . Mrs. Douty has published many stories and ar- ticles for adults and children , including articles in American Heritage and The Reporter ; four ...
... young people . She is also on the staff of Georgetown University's Writers ' Conference . Mrs. Douty has published many stories and ar- ticles for adults and children , including articles in American Heritage and The Reporter ; four ...
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