Dec 26, 2009
Charlotte L. Forten Grimké (GRIHM-kee), black poet, teacher, and abolitionist, was the daughter of Robert Bridges Forten and Mary Virginia Wood Forten. Since the end of the eighteenth century, her father’s family had been active in abolitionist activities, starting with her grandfather, James Forten (1766-1842). After serving in the American Revolution as a ship’s powder boy, James Forten began work in a sailmaker firm in Philadelphia. He became foreman and, as a result of an invention for handling sails, accrued a fortune of $100,000. He became a leader in the Philadelphia black...
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