Here is an appeal to Abolitionists, signed simply, FORBES, saying that at a recent gathering of adults for a new adult school on Belknap Street, there were more than eighty…
Category: <span>Forbes, Abner</span>
June 28, 1844 Here is an article about the “proceedings of our coloured fellow-citizens, in regard to their constitutional rights, and to the Smith School and its teacher, Mr. Abner…
July 19, 1844 An item from the Christian Watchman expresses hope that there will not be any considerable number of colored citizens who will seek the abolition of schools established expressly…
August 2, 1844 A committee of parents offer a report in which they express a sense that “the relation of Mr. Forbes towards the Smith School should cease….” Signed by…
August 30, 1844 Here is a notice that Forbes has been re-appointed to the Smith School by the general school committee; he received 12 votes, while Thomas Paul, had 7…