JAMES FORTEN (1766-1842) A wealthy sailmaker who employed multi-racial craftsmen, Forten was a leader of the African-American community in Philadelphia and a champion of reform causes. The American Antislavery Society was organized in his house here in 1833. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1990

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JAMES FORTEN (1766-1842) A wealthy sailmaker who employed multi-racial craftsmen, Forten was a leader of the African-American community in Philadelphia and a champion of reform causes. The American Antislavery Society was organized in his house here in 1833. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1990

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