Purvis, Sarah Forten, 1814-1883
- [Individual was an abolitionist.]
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Forten, Sarah Louisa, 1814-1883
Purvis, Sarah Forten, 1811 or 1812-1898?
Purvis, Sarah Forten, 1811 or 12-1898?
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Purvis, Sarah Forten, 1811 or 12-1898?
Purvis, Sarah Forten, 1811 or 1812-1898?
Sources
found: Recasting the culture of ephemera, 1992:p. 159 (Sarah Louisa Forten, b. 1811 or 1812)
found: Notable Black American women, 1992(Purvis, Sarah Forten, ca. 1811-1898?, poet, activist; Sarah Louisa Forten Purvis, b. 1811 or 1812, Phila.)
found: African American National Biography, accessed March 13, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Purvis, Sarah Louisa Forten; Sarah Louisa Forten; poet, abolitionist; born 1814 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; member of St. Thomas African Episcopal Church, Philadelphia; wrote under the names Ada and Magawisca, submitted poems and essays to the Liberator, antislavery newspaper (1831-1837); was a founding member of the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society (PFASS) (1833); collected signatures for petitions to the U.S. Congress to end slavery in Washington, D.C.; her poem “An Appeal to Woman” was circulated among the delegates during the inaugural national meeting of female abolition societies in New York City (1837); her literary production ended with her marriage (1838); died 30 October 1883 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States)
found: Africans in America portal via PBS.org WWW site, May 24, 2015:(Sarah Forten (1814-1883), African-American poet and abolitionist)
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- [Individual was an abolitionist.]
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1995-11-02: new
2015-05-25: revised
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