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
Purvis c. 1874
Robert Purvis (1810-1898), circa 1840-1849
James Forten
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James Forten was an American abolitionist, activist and businessman in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. An early Black Patriot, and a staunch supporter of American independence, he was perhaps one of the m
Harriet Forten Purvis
…and for the right for black people to vote after the Civil War. Harriet Davy Forten, born in Philadelphia in about 1810, was one of eight children of James Forten and Charlotte Vandine Forten, who lived at 92 Lombard Street. James Forten was a wealthy inventor, businessman and abolitionist who was born free…
Portrait of Forten, c. 1834, Robert Douglass Jr.
James Forten gravestone in Eden Cemetery