“A few months after the organization of the society in 1817, the colored citizens of Philadelphia, with James Forten in the chair, protested against its principles, predicted its unhappy influence;…
Category: <span>Forten, James</span>
A committee composed of James Forten, Jr., Jacob C. White, and James McCrummill, writing for these Colored Citizens sends to the Liberator a copy of resolutions, adopted Oct 23, by…
March 18, 1842 Here is an obituary, in which it is said that Forten sent his “love to the abolitionists, especially to William Lloyd Garrison.