Charlotte Vandine Forten
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Charlotte Vandine Forten was an American abolitionist and matriarch of the Philadelphia Forten family.
Charlotte Vandine Forten
The Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society was founded in December 1833, a few days after the first meeting of the American Anti-Slavery Society, and dissolved in March 1870 following the ratificati
Charlotte Vandine Forten
…Her granddaughter Charlotte Forten Grimké (1837–1914) was a prominent abolitionist and educator. Charlotte and her daughters were founders of the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society (PFASS) in 1833. She was sent by her family to Salem not just in a pursuit of education opportunity but also of personal protection. According to the…
"Am I not a woman and a sister?" – the seal of the PFASS. This image was popularized by member Elizabeth Margaret Chandler, based on Josiah Wedgwood's male equivalent for the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade.
Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society