James Forten was 14 when he signed onto a privateer to fight for his country. James Forten was born free in Philadelphia. At 14, he was old enough to fight for his country and signed onto a privateer ...
James Forten was just 15 years old when he served as a gunpowder handler on Stephen Decatur’s 22-gun privateer, the Royal Louis, during the American Revolution. A free Black whose great-grandfather ...
On the C-SPAN Networks: Michael Idriss is an African American Interpretative Fellow for Education in the Museum of the American Revolution with one video in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first ...
On the C-SPAN Networks: Nathan Alford-Tate is a Portrayal with one video in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2022 Speech. A first person interpretive performance, followed by a ...
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