Charlotte Forten
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: The 19th Century
- Categories: Women’s Issues, Education, Literature, Publishing, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, African Americans, Blacks, Teaching, Teachers, Abolition movement, Abolitionists
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, Women’s History, African American History, American Civil War & Reconstruction Era (1856-1877), American History 1878-1900
Article abstract: Charlotte Forten, an African American educator, author, and abolitionist, spent her life furthering the cause of fellow African Americans.
Early Life
Charlotte Lottie Forten was born on August 17, 1837, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Representing the fourth generation of Fortens born free in the United States, she was the only child of Robert Bridges Forten, and his first wife, Mary Virginia Woods Forten. Acknowledged as the most prominent and wealthy free black family in America, the Fortens avidly pursued reform, equality, and the...
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