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Slavery and Abolition

P0248-253aspe-0208s2 10/16/02 4:01 PM Page 248. Page 1 of 6. Slavery and Abolition MAIN IDEA WHY IT MATTERS NOW Terms & Names Slavery became an explosive The people of the united States Abolition Frederick issue, as more Americans continue to be challenged by William Lloyd Douglass joined reformers working to questions of economic and social Garrison Nat Turner put an end to it. inequality . emancipation antebellum David Walker gag rule One American's Story James Forten's great-grandfather had been brought from Africa to the American colonies in chains, but James was born free. In 1781, the 15-year-old James went to sea to fight for American independence. Captured by the British and offered passage to England, the patriotic youth refused, saying, I am here a prisoner for the liberties of my country. I never, NEVER. shall prove a traitor to her interests.. By the 1830s Forten had become a wealthy sailmaker in Philadelphia, with a fortune rumored to exceed $100,000.

The people of the United States continue to be challenged by questions of economic and social inequality. James Forten, a wealthy leader of Philadelphia’s free black community, took an active role in a variety of political causes. p0248-253aspe-0208s2 10/16/02 4:01 PM Page 248

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