Episode 55
The Forgotten Abolitionist: The Black Revolutionary, Industrialist, and Abolitionist James Forten
Portraits of Liberty · Libertarianism.org
February 27, 202423m 25s
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Show Notes
Despite his upbringing in poverty and vicious racial discrimination, the black freeman James Forten rose to become one of the foremost sailmakers in Philadelphia and a crucial voice in the abolition of slavery. Though largely forgotten today, Forten defied the racial stereotypes of his day and became a symbol of black achievement in the new nation of America.
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