Harriet Forten Purvis (c. 1810 – June 11, 1875) was an African-American abolitionist and first generation suffragist. With her mother and sisters, she...
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Forten Sr., was an early abolitionist in Philadelphia. Her paternal aunts – Margaretta Forten, Sarah Louisa Forten Purvis, and Harriet Forten Purvis –...
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addition, the couple raised Harriet's niece, Charlotte Forten Grimké, after her mother died. In her later life, Harriet Forten Purvis lectured publicly against...
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Harriet Purvis may refer to: Harriet Forten Purvis (1810–1875), African-American abolitionist and suffragist Harriet Purvis Jr. (1839–1904), her daughter...
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Oneida Institute. Sisters Harriet and Sarah Louisa married the prominent abolitionist brothers Robert Purvis and Joseph Purvis, respectively. Educated at...
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track cyclist Gloria Purvis, African American Catholic media commentator, public scholar, whole life activist Harriet Forten Purvis (1810–1875), African-American...
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suffragists. Purvis worked closely with Susan B. Anthony. She was born in about 1839 to activists Harriet Forten Purvis and Robert Purvis. She was the...
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excluded from the American Anti-Slavery Society, Forten, with her mother Charlotte and sisters Sarah and Harriet, co-founded the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery...
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American abolitionist, James Forten. Sarah Louisa Forten Purvis's sisters were Harriet Forten Purvis (1810–1875), and Margaretta Forten (1808–1875). The three...
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Harriet Forten Purvis; cousins included Dr. Charles Burleigh Purvis of Freedmen's Hospital in Washington, D. C., suffragist and author Harriet Purvis...
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James Forten (1766–1842). The couple had many children, the most notable were Harriet Forten Purvis, Margaretta Forten, and Sarah Louisa Forten Purvis often...
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Parker Susan Paul James W.C. Pennington Gabriel Prosser Harriet Forten Purvis Robert Purvis Peter Randolph Charles Bennett Ray Charlotte B. Ray Charles...
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movements. Purvis was born in Philadelphia on April 14, 1842. Purvis's parents were abolitionists Robert Purvis and Harriet Forten Purvis, both free people...
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in Philadelphia, Margaretta Forten and Harriet Forten Purvis helped to found the Philadelphia Suffrage Association; Purvis would go on to serve on the...
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and Philadelphia. Throughout the 19th century, black women like Harriet Forten Purvis, Mary Ann Shadd Cary, and Frances Ellen Watkins Harper worked on...
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Actor Leslie Odom Jr. portrayed Still in the 2019 film Harriet, based on the life of Harriet Tubman. A fictional version of William Still is portrayed...
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Rush and the nephew of Rev. Samuel Finley. Harriet Forten Purvis, abolitionist and suffragette Robert Purvis, father of the Underground Railroad Chronology...
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War. Throughout the 19th century, African-American women such as Harriet Forten Purvis, Mary Ann Shadd Cary, and Frances Ellen Watkins Harper worked on...
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abolitionists William Lloyd Garrison, Theodore Weld, Henry Ward Beecher, and Harriet Beecher Stowe were influenced by Rankin's writings and work in the anti-slavery...
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and Harriet Tubman's birthplace, was created by President Barack Obama under the Antiquities Act on March 25, 2013. Its sister park, the Harriet Tubman...
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(insurrectionist, American slave) Harriet Forten Purvis (American) Robert Purvis (American) Sarah Louisa Forten Purvis (American) John Rankin (American)...
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including the Cassey family, Jacob C. White, John C. Bowers, Harriet Forten Purvis, Robert Purvis, Sarah Mapps Douglass, Grace Douglass, Hetty Burr, and Amelia...
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Representatives Boies Penrose (1860–1921), former U.S. Senator and party boss Harriet Forten Purvis (1810–1875), abolitionist leader Charles H. Ramsey (born 1950),...
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to fugitive slaves. With his wife Harriet Forten Purvis, he worked as a conductor of the Underground Railroad. Purvis estimated that from 1831 to 1861...
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William Cooper Nell Harriet Forten Purvis Robert Purvis John Rankin Hetty Reckless Gerrit Smith William Still Calvin Ellis Stowe Harriet Beecher Stowe Charles...
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Perry (Virginia). Lucy Proffitt (Rhode Island). Harriet Forten Purvis (Pennsylvania). Harriet Purvis Jr. (Pennsylvania). R Sarah Parker Remond. Charlotte...
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William Cooper Nell Harriet Forten Purvis Robert Purvis John Rankin Hetty Reckless Gerrit Smith William Still Calvin Ellis Stowe Harriet Beecher Stowe Charles...
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Society—an integrated abolitionist group led by Lucretia Mott, Harriet Forten Purvis, and Grace Bustill Douglass—was founded in 1835. Together these...
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Robert Purvis, who had served on a previous Committee of Twelve[clarification needed] in 1834, and his father-in-law, businessman James Forten. Up and...
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Margaret Wilson Pryor (Philadelphia). Sarah Pugh. Harriet Forten Purvis (Philadelphia). Robert Purvis (Philadelphia). Katherine S. Reed. Jennie Bradley...
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