Charlotte L. Forten (1837–1914)

Author of The Journal of Charlotte L. Forten: A Free Negro in the Slave Era

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Includes the names: charlotte forten, Charlotte L. Forten, Charlotte Forten Grimke, Charlotte Forten Grimké, Charlotte L. Forten Grimké, Charlotte L. Forten Grimké, Charlotte L. Forten Grimkï¿1/2

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Works by Charlotte L. Forten

A Free Black Girl Before the Civil War: The Diary of Charlotte Forten, 1854 (2000) 37 copies

The Journal of Charlotte L. Forten: A Young Black Woman's Reactions to the White World of the Civil War Era (1981) 36 copies

Two Black Teachers During the Civil War (1970) 6 copies

Diary of Charlotte Forten (First-Person Histories) 1 copy

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Associated Works

Sisters of the Earth: Women's Prose and Poetry About Nature (1991) — Contributor — 397 copies

Black Women in White America: A Documentary History (1972) — Contributor — 276 copies

African-American Poetry: An Anthology, 1773-1927 (1997) — Contributor — 251 copies

African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle and Song (2020) — Contributor — 174 copies

Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent from the Ancient… (1992) — Contributor — 159 copies

The Civil War: The Third Year Told by Those Who Lived It (2013) — Contributor — 144 copies

Honey, Hush! An Anthology of African American Women's Humor (1657) — Contributor — 76 copies

The Portable Nineteenth-Century African American Women Writers (2017) — Contributor — 64 copies

Unsung: Unheralded Narratives of American Slavery and Abolition (2021) — Contributor — 32 copies

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Canonical name: Forten, Charlotte L.
Other names: Forten Grimké, Charlotte L.
Grimké, Charlotte L. Forten
Forten Grimké, Charlotte Louise
Birthdate: 1837-08-17
Date of death: 1914-07-23
Gender: female
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Places of residence: Salem, Massachusetts, USA
St. Helena Island, South Carolina, USA
Washington, D.C., USA
Education: Normal School, Salem, Massachusetts, USA
Occupations: abolitionist
poet
teacher

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A Free Black Girl Before the Civil War: The Diary of… by Charlotte Forten

I understood it was a children's book when I ordered it, but I still expected there to be way more diary entries than what there was.

Perhaps acceptable for a 3rd grader.

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REINADECOPIAYPEGA | Jan 11, 2018 |

The Journal of Charlotte L Forten A Free Negro in… by Charlotte L Forten

This book is taken from the writings of Charlotte Forten. At age 15, Charlotte Forten began a journal which she kept until 1864. She aslo kept a diary from 1855 to 1892.

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