Description
| Product ID: | 9780195163407 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | A Gentleman of Color |
| Subtitle: | The Life of James Forten |
| Authors: | Author: Julie Winch |
| Page Count: | 528 |
| Subjects: | Biography: historical, political and military, Biography: historical, political & military, History of the Americas, History, History, Slavery and abolition of slavery, Ethnic studies, Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, Educational: History, History of the Americas, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Black & Asian studies, History & the past: general interest (Children's / Teenage), Educational: History, USA, c 1700 to c 1800, c 1800 to c 1900 |
| Description: | Born into a free black family in 1766, James Forten served in the Revolutionary War and later went on to become vice-president of the American Anti-Slavery Society and more, taking his place as one of the African Americans who helped to shape America. 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Oxford University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Oxford University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2003-05-22 |
