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James Forten (September 2, 1766 –
March 4, 1842) was an
American abolitionist and
businessman in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A free-born
African American...
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Charlotte Louise Bridges Grimké (née
Forten;
August 17, 1837 – July 23, 1914) was an African-American anti-slavery activist, poet, and educator. She grew...
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Sarah Louisa Forten Purvis (1814–1884) was an
American poet and
abolitionist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She co-founded The
Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery...
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Charlotte Vandine Forten (1785–1884) was an
American abolitionist and
matriarch of the
Philadelphia Forten family.
Forten née
Vandine was born in 1785...
- 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...
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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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Margaretta Forten (September 11, 1806 –
January 13, 1875) was an African-American
suffragist and abolitionist.
Margaretta Forten was born in Philadelphia...
- The
Charlotte Forten Grimké
House is a
historic house at 1608 R
Street NW in the
Dupont Circle neighborhood of
Northwest Washington, D.C.,
United States...
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Downing James Forten Margaretta Forten Eliza Ann
Gardner Henry Highland Garnet Mifflin Wistar Gibbs Rev.
Samuel Green Shields Green Charlotte Forten Grimké Frances...
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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...
