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Charlotte Louise Bridges Grimké (née Forten; August 17, 1837 – July 23, 1914) was an African American anti-slavery activist, poet, and educator. She grew up in a prominent abolitionist family in Philadelphia. She taught school for years, including during the Civil War, to freedmen in South Carolina.
7 de may. de 2024 · Charlotte Forten Grimké (born August 17, 1837, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died July 23, 1914, Washington, D.C.) was an American abolitionist and educator best known for the five volumes of diaries she wrote.
24 de feb. de 2023 · Charlotte Forten Grimké was a prominent educator and activist during the antebellum and Reconstruction eras. Born free to activist parents in 1837, Charlotte Forten’s family was part of Philadelphia's elite Black community.
17 de ene. de 2007 · Learn about the life and achievements of Charlotte Forten Grimké, a prominent African American poet and educator who fought for abolition and civil rights. She married Francis James Grimké, a former slave and pastor, and wrote about her experiences in the Sea Islands of South Carolina.
Learn about the life and work of Charlotte Forten Grimké, an abolitionist, educator, and poet. Read her poems, journals, and essays on the Civil War, slavery, and women's rights.
7 de nov. de 2020 · Learn about Charlotte Forten Grimké, a Black American teacher, poet, and anti-enslavement activist. She taught in the Sea Islands, published essays and novels, and married Rev. Francis J. Grimké, a former enslaved man.
African-American abolitionist, teacher, poet, and intellectual, from the well-known, politically active Forten family of Philadelphia, whose Journal, published after her death, is a rare account of a free and educated black woman's response to the racist culture which she hoped to change .
