Dec 19, 2009
The Journals of Charlotte Forten Grimké | The Journals of Charlotte Forten Grimké
At a glance:
- Author: Charlotte L.Forten Grimké
- First Published: 1988
- Type of Work: Diary
- Time of Work: 1854–1892
- Setting: Boston, Massachusetts; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; St. Helena Island, South Carolina; and
Jacksonville, Florida
- Principal Characters: Charlotte Forten Grimké, Robert Bridges Forten, John Greenleaf Whittier, William Lloyd Garrison, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Seth Rogers, Ellen Murray, Francis Grimké
- Genres: Nonfiction, Diary
- Subjects: African Americans, Social action, Teaching or teachers, Self-discovery, Racism, Abolitionists, Authors or writers, Nineteenth century, Slavery or slaves, Education or educators, Prejudices or antipathies, Philadelphia, Boston, Florida, Sick persons, South Carolina
- Locales: Jacksonville, FL, Boston, MA, Philadelphia, PA, St. Helena Island, SC
Form and Content
Although Charlotte Lottie Forten Grimké was a teacher as well as a minor essayist, poet,
and translator, it was her personal journal, which she started keeping at the age of sixteen, that proved
to be her most lasting contribution to African American letters. She began her journal in May, 1854,
beginning with a preface that explains her intention to use this journal to chart her own intellectual
growth. The first dated entry, from May 24, is typical of her early diary in that it begins with her
expressing disapproval that by awakening at 5 a.m., she let the...
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