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
Portrait of Forten, c. 1834, Robert Douglass Jr.
James Forten gravestone in Eden Cemetery
Robert Purvis
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Robert Purvis was an American abolitionist in the United States. He was born in Charleston, South Carolina, and was likely educated at Amherst Academy, a secondary school in Amherst, Massachusetts. He
James Forten
…Society, founded in 1833, and worked for national abolition of slavery. His large family was also devoted to these causes, and two daughters married the Purvis brothers, who used their wealth as leaders for abolition. He devoted the rest of his life to mediating and supporting the abolitionist cause until his…
Purvis c.1840–1849
Harriet Forten Purvis (1810-1875), taken about 1874