“Our country asserts for itself the glory of being the freest upon the surface of the globe... but one dark spot still dimmed its lustre. Domestic slavery existed among a people who had themselves disdained to submit to a master.”
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James Forten
James Forten, born on September 2, 1766, in Philadelphia, and died on March 4, 1842. He was an African American during the American Revolutionary War, contributing to the cause of American independence. more