James Forten (September 2, 1766 – March 4, 1842) was an American abolitionist and businessman in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A free-born African American...

James Forten Sr., was an early abolitionist in Philadelphia. Her paternal aunts – Margaretta Forten, Sarah Louisa Forten Purvis, and Harriet Forten Purvis...

James Forten School (1822–?), originally known as Mary Steet School then Lombard Street Colored School and later Bird School or Mr. Bird's School, was...

and promoting national organizations to develop political strategies. James Forten (1766–1842) was an African-American abolitionist and wealthy businessman...

Pennsylvania, on September 11, 1806. Her parents, Charlotte Vandine Forten and James Forten, were abolitionists, and her father founded the American Moral...

S. Newman drew a connection between Joadson and Black reformers like James Forten, an early abolitionist who influenced white reformers like Tappan and...

War. Harriet Davy Forten, born in Philadelphia in about 1810, was one of eight children of James Forten and Charlotte Vandine Forten, who lived at 92 Lombard...

students at Oneida while Green was president. These include William Forten (son of James Forten), Alexander Crummell, Rev. Henry Highland Garnet and Rev. Amos...

(1872–1906) Katherine Dunham (1909–2006) Duke Ellington (1899–1974) James Forten (1766–1842) John Hope Franklin (1915–2009) Henry Highland Garnet (1815–1882)...

book about James Forten and the prominent family of Jacques Clamorgan in St. Louis and the Clamorgan family. She spoke about James Forten at the Museum...

Tappan, James G. Birney, Lydia Maria Child, Maria Weston Chapman, Nathan Lord, Augustine Clarke, Samuel Cornish, George T. Downing, James Forten, Abby Kelley...

2013), pp. 3–4. Winch, Julie (2003). A Gentleman of Color: The Life of James Forten. Oxford University Press. pp. 60–61. ISBN 9780195163407. "Common Law"...

later became a prominent Philadelphia businessman and activist, and James Forten, who served on a privateer at the age of fourteen and became a wealthy...

city, including an attack on the son of well-known black businessman James Forten by a white mob. On August 12, 1834, a mob of several hundred white men...

married James Forten (1766–1842). The couple had many children, the most notable were Harriet Forten Purvis, Margaretta Forten, and Sarah Louisa Forten Purvis...

people. Individuals such as Prince Hall, Richard Allen, Absalom Jones, James Forten, Cyrus Bustill and William Gray sought to create organizations that would...

Founding Father James Forten and his family". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 7 July 2023. Swartz, Laura (16 February 2023). "New James Forten Exhibit Brings...

Francis married Charlotte Forten, an abolitionist, teacher, and diarist. Charlotte was the granddaughter of James Forten, a prominent member of the free...

surrendered at Yorktown on 19 October 1781. Sailor and future abolitionist James Forten was one of those imprisoned aboard her during this period after being...

Twelve[clarification needed] in 1834, and his father-in-law, businessman James Forten. Up and running by 1838, the committee had begun to break down in 1852...

In 1832, Purvis married Harriet Davy Forten, a woman of color and the daughter of wealthy sailmaker James Forten and his wife Charlotte, both prominent...

population of the country.": 261  Similarly, black leaders, such as James Forten, who had previously supported the Colonization Movement, changed their...

American abolitionist, James Forten. Sarah Louisa Forten Purvis's sisters were Harriet Forten Purvis (1810–1875), and Margaretta Forten (1808–1875). The three...

Downing James Forten Margaretta Forten Eliza Ann Gardner Henry Highland Garnet Mifflin Wistar Gibbs Rev. Samuel Green Shields Green Charlotte Forten Grimké...

Caesar Cranchell, James Potter and William White. Notable members included African-American abolitionists such as Cyrus Bustill, James Forten, and William...

distributed the newspaper in Philadelphia, working alongside James Forten, John P. Burr, and James McCrummill to promote the newspaper. In 1833, he became...

Defense and Iraq policy adviser Tom Feeney (born 1958), Florida politician James Forten (1766–1842), African-American businessman, abolitionist leader, and sailmaker...

Society [with] enormous disdain",: 143  a "fixed hatred". Black activist James Forten immediately rejected the ACS, writing in 1817 that "we have no wish to...

clerk and apprentice shoemaker. Sailmaker – James Forten Sr., a freeman and grandfather of Charlotte Forten (see #3: Free-born), learned the sail-making...

Abolitionist James Forten; his uncle was Robert Purvis, wealthy businessman, abolitionist and landowner; his aunts included educator Margaretta Forten and essayist...