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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... fight regular battles against the drum- mer boys and other youths who were attached to the British Army . As eleven - year - old James was tall , quick , and excep- tionally strong , the town boys insisted that he take part in these fights ...
... fight regular battles against the drum- mer boys and other youths who were attached to the British Army . As eleven - year - old James was tall , quick , and excep- tionally strong , the town boys insisted that he take part in these fights ...
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... fights were stopped . He did not like to fight and hurt people . He still enjoyed studying the ships and their sails , even though most of them now flew the British flag . One day he counted sixty British vessels moored so close to each ...
... fights were stopped . He did not like to fight and hurt people . He still enjoyed studying the ships and their sails , even though most of them now flew the British flag . One day he counted sixty British vessels moored so close to each ...
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... fighting , 130-131 ; free , meetings of , 125-127 , 149-150 , 154-157 , 164-169 , 185 , 186 , 191-194 ; see also Benezet , slavery , slave ships , and various items under Forten Nell , William , 50 New England , race riot in , 175 New ...
... fighting , 130-131 ; free , meetings of , 125-127 , 149-150 , 154-157 , 164-169 , 185 , 186 , 191-194 ; see also Benezet , slavery , slave ships , and various items under Forten Nell , William , 50 New England , race riot in , 175 New ...
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