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490:, its members supported voluntary relocation of free blacks and newly freed slaves to Africa, to solve the "problem" of blacks in American society. In the first two decades after the Revolution, the number of free blacks rose significantly, due both to wholesale abolition of slavery in the North, as well as an increase in manumissions in the South by men moved by revolutionary ideals. In some areas, the new competition for social resources resulted in a rise in racial discrimination against free blacks. Southerners wanted to remove free blacks from their region, as they believed the free people destabilized slavery. Northerners thought a new colony might give the blacks more independence and a chance to create their own society. The proposal was also supported by clergy who expected the black Americans to evangelize Christianity to Africans. News about the organization, especially racist remarks by such leaders as 439:, published anonymously. (See External links below.) (Many people knew he had written it.) He denounced a bill under consideration in the Pennsylvania legislature that required all black emigrants to Pennsylvania to be registered with the state, and protested treating free blacks any differently than whites. Some legislators were worried about the number of free blacks who migrated into the state, competing with white laborers. In addition, they knew fugitive slaves often used Pennsylvania as a destination or byway to other free areas, as it was bordered by slave states to the south. 31: 567: 552:
many complex issues for free Blacks in the United States. Despite his support for the new nation, Forten was among important Black leaders who opposed immigration for Americans. He firmly believed that Blacks should be allowed to play an equal role in their land of the United States. He consistently said that it was far better for them to fight for an egalitarian US society rather than to flee the country.
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in 1831, supporting it financially. He frequently published letters in it, as "A Colored Man of Philadelphia." Garrison also wrote articles against colonization, describing the poor living conditions in Liberia. They wanted others to know that the ACS was not necessarily working in the best interest
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under Haitian control. He also gained official recognition for the nation from France for the first time, but at the cost of a high indemnity that crippled the country financially for generations. He appealed to American free blacks to immigrate there and help its development. Its independence raised
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John Beazley, who had captured the privateer, was impressed with Forten. Forten recalled that Beazley offered Forten the opportunity to be educated in Great Britain with his son, Henry, but Forten replied, "I have been taken prisoner for the liberties of my country, and never will prove a traitor to
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At Bridges' retirement in 1798, Forten bought the sail loft. By developing a tool to help maneuver the large sails, by 1810, Forten had built up one of the most successful sail lofts in Philadelphia. He created the conditions he worked for in society, employing both black and white workers. Because
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He absorbed his community's arguments and noted that most American blacks had been in the United States for many generations and had claim to it as their land. Although the ACS advertised Liberia as a place of opportunity for free blacks, the colony struggled to survive and many colonists died of
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By this time, most free blacks and slaves had been born in the United States and claimed it as their own, with their own families. At the meeting, Forten called for a vote, asking who favored colonization. Not one man said yes. When he asked who was against it, the crowd resounded with "No!" that
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By the 1830s, his was one of the most powerful African-American voices, not just for men and women of color in his native city, but for many thousands more throughout the North. He knew how to use the press and the speaker's podium. He knew about building alliances, when to back down and when to
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When Forten returned to Philadelphia in 1790, he became apprenticed to sail-maker Robert Bridges, his father's former employer and a family friend. Forten learned quickly in the sail loft. This was where the large ship sails were cut and sewn. Before long, the young man was promoted to foreman.
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Forten was fortunate as he was exchanged after seven months' imprisonment. He was released on parole after giving a promise not to fight in the war. He walked from Brooklyn to Philadelphia to return to his mother and sister. He signed up on a merchant ship, which sailed to England. He lived and
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Forten believed the bill was a step backward for black Pennsylvanians. In his "Letters," Forten argued that the bill would violate the rights of any free blacks entering the state and set the people apart as somehow not equal to whites. Forten wanted the many respectable citizens of the black
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for blacks. They were severely discriminated against in Pennsylvania and the North, and generally could not vote or serve on juries. He felt a sense of obligation to work on these issues of his community. "...in 1801, he was among the signers of a petition to the U.S. Congress calling for the
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However, Thomas Forten died young (possibly because of falling from a high place), and his son James started to work at the age of seven to help his mother and sister. At first he was a chimney sweep, later becoming a grocery-store clerk. He also attended the African School, run by
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press forwards with his agenda. His rise to prominence, his understanding of the nature of power and authority, his determination to speak out and be heard are object lessons in the realities of community politics. Disfranchised he might have been, but voiceless he never was.
1024: 475:, the Crown had offered freedom to slaves who left Patriot masters. The British evacuated thousands of freed slaves along with their troops, and resettled more than 3,000 Black Loyalists in Nova Scotia, where it granted land. Others went to London or the West Indies. 501:, a Boston shipbuilder, who in 1815 transported 38 free blacks to Sierra Leone, with the idea they could make a better life where not impeded by white racism. He was well aware of continuing problems due to harsh discrimination against blacks in the United States. 267:, who founded it to educate black children free of charge. His mother insisted that he continue in school, but by the age of nine, Forten had left school to work full-time. His early years of work became a measure for progress in his life and career. 201:. Following an apprenticeship, he became the foreman and bought the sail loft when his boss retired. Based on equipment he himself had developed, he established a highly profitable business. It was located on the busy waterfront of the 446:
In the early 19th century, some black and white Americans supported movements to "resettle" free blacks on the African continent, in Canada, or in Haiti, which achieved independence from France in 1804. In the late 18th century, the
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made the hall ring. All claimed the US as their own, and wanted to gain their full civil rights there as citizens. After that meeting, Forten and the ministers strongly opposed the ACS, and Forten later converted
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James Forten used his wealth and social standing to work for civil rights for African Americans in both the city and nationwide. Beginning in 1817, he opposed the colonization movements, particularly that of the
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in West Africa for a similar purpose. It offered to help blacks to go there voluntarily, with provisions of aid for supplies, housing and other materials. Made up of abolitionists, slaveholders, and
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Bolden wrote of him: "When James Forten died, he left behind an exemplary family, a sizable fortune, and a legacy of philanthropy and activism that inspired generations of black Philadelphians."
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The children grew up in and committed to the abolition movement. Robert, named for his father's former boss and mentor, was a vigorous anti-slavery activist. William studied at the abolitionist
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James Forten married twice: his first wife, Martha Beatte (or Beatty) of Darby Township, Delaware County, died after only a few months of marriage (1804). In 1806, he married
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Winch, Julie. "THE LEADERS OF PHILADELPHIA'S BLACK COMMUNITY, 1787-1848" (PhD dissertation, Bryn Mawr College; ProQuest Dissertations Publishing,  1982. 8303285).
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Winch, Julie. "“A Person of Good Character and Considerable Property”: James Forten and the Issue of Race in Philadelphia's Antebellum Business Community."
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community to be recognized and valued. In the end, the bill was not passed, and James Forten became known for his succinct and passionate pamphlet.
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became established as an independent black republic in 1804, some Americans were interested in emigrating there. In the early 1820s, President
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disease. There were risks of re-enslavement by illegal slave traders and smugglers. Relationships with the native Africans were not desirable.
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Having become well established, in his 40s Forten devoted both time and money to working for the national abolition of slavery and gaining
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James Forten managed his sail loft and stayed active in the abolitionist movement until very late in his life, continuing to write for
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Captain Paul Cuffe's Logs and Letters 1808-1817, edited by Rosalind Cobb Wiggins, Howard University Press, Washington, D.C. 1996; at
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drew 3,000 attendees from Philadelphia. Hearing the strong views of this public forced a dramatic turning point for these leaders.
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of Kentucky, a national politician, raised fears among many free blacks that the ACS proposed to deport them wholesale to Africa.
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McClish, Glen. "A Man of Feeling, A Man of Colour: James Forten and the Rise of African American Deliberative Rhetoric."
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Gutgold, Ian. "Black Destiny in the Minds of Philadelphia Sailmaker James Forten and Liberian Governor Jehudi Ashmun."
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To address community concerns and discuss the potential for colonization, James Forten worked with Bishop
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of his business acumen, Forten became one of the wealthiest Philadelphians in the city, black or white.
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Newman, Richard. "Not the Only Story in 'Amistad': The Fictional Joadson and the Real James Forten,"
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in Philadelphia will open the first-ever museum exhibition dedicated to Forten's life and family,
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Wright, Robert E. “Bank Ownership and Lending Patterns in New York and Pennsylvania, 1781-1831.”
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to organize a meeting on this topic in Philadelphia. Their announced meeting in January 1817 at
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Forten letter to Cuffe, re: Resolution of 24 January 1817 regarding Colonization
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He died on March 4, 1842, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and is interred at
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A Mighty Baptism: Race, Gender and the Creation of American Protestantism
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Sailor, sailmaker, merchant, investor, businessman, landlord, essayist,
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her interest." Beazley instead saw to it that he was treated as a
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Billington, Ray Allen. "James Forten: Forgotten Abolitionist."
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Black Founders: The Free Black Community in the Early Republic
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Forten helped William Lloyd Garrison start up his newspaper,
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100 Greatest African Americans: A Biographical Encyclopedia
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brothers, who used their wealth as leaders for abolition.
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worked there for more than a year in a London shipyard.
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Winch, Julie. "James Forten, Conservative Radical." in
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Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies
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Forten the Sailmaker: Pioneer Champion of Negro Rights
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Burials at Eden Cemetery (Collingdale, Pennsylvania)
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James Forten was born free on September 2, 1766, in
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Robert Douglass Jr.
Philadelphia
Province of Pennsylvania
British America
Philadelphia
abolitionist
Margaretta
Harriet
Sarah
Robert Purvis
Charlotte Forten Grimké
Charles Burleigh Purvis
Harriet Purvis Jr.
William B. Purvis
abolitionist
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
sailmaker
American Revolutionary War
Delaware River
Penn's Landing
American Colonization Society
William Lloyd Garrison
colonization
The Liberator
American Anti-Slavery Society
Purvis
Philadelphia
sailmaker

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