Charlotte Vandine Forten
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Charlotte Vandine Forten was an American abolitionist and matriarch of the Philadelphia Forten family.
Charlotte Vandine Forten
Harriet Forten Purvis
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Harriet Forten Purvis was an African-American abolitionist and first generation suffragist. With her mother and sisters, she formed the first biracial women's abolitionist group, the Philadelphia Fema
Charlotte Vandine Forten
…was born in 1785 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. she married James Forten on December 10, 1805. The couple had many children; the most notable were Harriet Forten Purvis, Margaretta Forten, and Sarah Louisa Forten Purvis often referred to as the "Forten Sisters". Her granddaughter Charlotte Forten Grimké (1837–1914) was…
Purvis c. 1874
Robert Purvis (1810-1898), circa 1840-1849