Forten, the Sailmaker; Pioneer Champion of Negro Rights

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Rand 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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A Shameful Incidentand a Happy
7
Letters by a Man of Color
95
Black Pioneers
106
Copyright

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