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BUSINESS > businessman, abolitionist > James Forten
Our country asserts...
Vendor: BUSINESS
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, (Sep 2 1766-1842), US businessman, abolitionist; He fought in the Revolutionary War; successful Philadelphia businessman and early proponent of the political convention and abolition movements.