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The journal of Charlotte Forten : a free Negro in the slave era by Forten, Charlotte L; Billington, Ray Allen, 1903-1981 is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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These diaries recount the life of the scholar, reformer, teacher, and writer, Charlotte L. Forten Grimke (1873-1914). Born into an affluent and politically active black family, Charlotte Forten Grimke records in these diaries her privileged childhood years in Philadelphia and Salem, Massachusetts, her sporadic teaching career, her involvement with the antislavery movement, her eighteen months teaching the contraband slaves of the South Carolina Sea Islands during the Civil War, and her later work as a poet and essayist. <p>These diaries recount the life of the scholar, reformer, teacher, and writer, Charlotte L. Forten Grimke (1837-1914). </p>

Who reads The journal of Charlotte Forten : a free Negro in the slave era?

Author

Forten, Charlotte L; Billington, Ray Allen, 1903-1981

Publisher

IRL Press at Oxford University Press

Published

1981

Language

EN

ISBN

9780195052381

Category

history

Subjects

Education, Memoir, Fiction

Rating

3.44 / 5 (14 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13