A day in the Life of a Colonial Sailmaker
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Youth level.
James Forten, sailmaker -- The sail loft -- Growing up in Philadelphia -- The war years -- A game of marbles -- From apprentice to owner -- Just for good measure -- Rows and rows of stitches -- Eyelets, cringles and roping -- James Forten, citizen and abolitionist.
Describes a typical day in the life of James Forten, who was born in Philadelphia to free black parents, learned to be a sailmaker, and later became a wealthy, respected businessman with his own shop.
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Library of living and working in colonial times.
PUBLISHED
New York, N.Y. : PowerKids Press/Rosen Pub. Group, 2004.
Year Published: 2004
Description: 24 p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0823962318 (lib) :
SUBJECTS
Forten, James, -- 1766-1842.
Forten, James, -- 1766-1842.
African Americans -- Biography.
Sailmakers -- Philadelphia -- Biography.
Free African Americans -- Philadelphia -- Biography.
African American abolitionists -- Biography.
Sailmakers.
Abolitionists.
Pennsylvania -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.