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James Forten was one of the most successful businessmen and one of the wealthiest African Americans in Philadelphia during the early 1800s. His sailmaking business supplied ship builders with quality sails and he employed a diverse workforce that included white and African American men and teens, as well as recent immigrants to Philadelphia.
30 de jun. de 2020 · James Forten was a Founding Father of the United States of America. Born as a free African American in Philadelphia, Forten was educated in one of the city’s Quaker schools, and he began working with his father as a sailmaker at the age of just eight. After Forten’s father died in a boating accident, Forten became the primary provider for ...
13 de jun. de 2023 · All of this would make a great museum exhibit in its own right, but this is far from the end of the story of James Forten. By the 1790s, Forten had steadily climbed through the ranks at Bridges’ loft to be head foreman and then manager of the business. His abilities, knowledge and leadership were proven.
7 de abr. de 2014 · PHILADELPHIA James Forten's life was one of the most remarkable in Philadelphia history. On Sunday, 248 years after his birth, he became the city's first black man to be identified and honored for his service in the Revolutionary War. Joseph W. Dooley, head of the Sons of the American Revolution, called him "a hero of the American Revolution ...
James Forten was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 2, 1766, to Thomas and Margaret Forten, who were free African American citizens during the time of slavery. James attended Anthony Benezet’s Quaker “Negro School at Philadelphia” as a child and, around 1774, he began working with his father as a sailmaker in Robert Bridges’ sail loft.
JAMES FORTEN INDUSTRIAL LTD. 21 Regents Grove. Taupo 3330. New Zealand. Tel: +64 (7) 377 8169. office@james-forten.com. Overview (1) Consulting (1) Design (1) (2) Equipment (1) (2) Our Business. Providing industrial consulting and design services to manufacturing and engineering clients within Oceania.
17 de sept. de 2020 · James Forten was in his teens when he joined others at Independence Square in July 1776 for the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence.To a young Forten, the declaration document ...
