Winch has written the first full-length biography of James Forten, a hero of African American history and one of the most remarkable men in 19th-century America.Born into a free black family in 1766, Forten served in the Revolutionary War as a teenager. By 1810 he had earned the distinction of being the leading sailmaker in Philadelphia. Soon after Forten emerged as a leader in Philadelphia's black community and was active in a wide range of reform activities. Especially prominent in national and international antislavery movements, he served as vice-president of the American Anti-Slavery Society and became close friends with William Lloyd Garrison to whom he lent money to start up the Liberator. His family were all active abolitionists and a granddaughter, Charlotte Forten, published a famous diary of her experiences teaching ex-slaves in South Carolina's Sea Islands during the Civil War.This is the first serious biography of Forten, who stands beside Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, and Martin Luther King, Jr., in the pantheon of African Americans who fundamentally shaped American history.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN-13
9780195163407
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95485197
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
512 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
A Gentleman of Color: the Life of James Forten
Publication Year
2003
Subject
Social Sciences, History
Type
Textbook
Author
Julie Winch
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
234 mm
Item Weight
739 g
Item Width
155 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Title_Author
Julie Winch
Genre
Biographies & True Stories, Children & Young Adults