Sarah Forten

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Sarah Forten was a prominent 19th-century African American abolitionist and writer from Philadelphia who used her poetry and activism to advance the cause of antislavery and racial equality.

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Sarah Forten canonical 2
Charlotte Vandine Forten 1
Sarah Louisa Forten 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf African American activist ⓘ
abolitionist ⓘ
human ⓘ
poet ⓘ
writer ⓘ
activeInPeriod 19th century ⓘ
causeAdvocated African American rights ⓘ
abolition of slavery ⓘ
racial equality ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
describedAs prominent 19th-century African American abolitionist and writer from Philadelphia ⓘ
ethnicCommunity free Black community of Philadelphia ⓘ
ethnicity African American ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans
familyName Forten ⓘ
fieldOfWork African American literature ⓘ
antislavery activism ⓘ
women’s rights and racial equality ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
genre abolitionist literature ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
givenName Sarah ⓘ
knownFor African American abolitionist activism ⓘ
advocacy for racial equality ⓘ
antislavery poetry ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Forten family of Philadelphia ⓘ
movement African American civil rights movement (19th century) ⓘ
abolitionism ⓘ
notableRelative James Forten ⓘ
notableWork Poems published in The Liberator ⓘ
occupation abolitionist ⓘ
poet ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia
placeOfResidence Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia
publicationVenue The Liberator ⓘ
usedMedium poetry ⓘ
public activism ⓘ
workLocation Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Harriet Forten Purvis → mother → Charlotte Vandine Forten ⓘ
linked to: Sarah Forten
Harriet Forten Purvis → sibling → Sarah Louisa Forten ⓘ
linked to: Sarah Forten