• Sarah Louisa Forten Purvis (1814–1884) was an American poet and abolitionist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She co-founded The Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery...
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    Harriet Forten Purvis (c. 1810 – June 11, 1875) was an African-American abolitionist and first generation suffragist. With her mother and sisters, she...
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    Forten Sr., was an early abolitionist in Philadelphia. Her paternal aunts – Margaretta Forten, Sarah Louisa Forten Purvis, and Harriet Forten Purvis –...
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    Institute. Sisters Harriet and Sarah Louisa married the prominent abolitionist brothers Robert Purvis and Joseph Purvis, respectively. Educated at Amherst...
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  • abolitionist Ryan Purvis (born 1986), National Football League player Sarah Louisa Forten Purvis (1814–1883) was a poet and abolitionist. Stewart Purvis (born 1947)...
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  • Margaretta Forten (September 11, 1806 – January 13, 1875) was an African-American suffragist and abolitionist. Margaretta Forten was born in Philadelphia...
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  • of the eight children of Joseph Purvis, a gentleman farmer and Sarah Louisa Forten Purvis, noted poet. William's maternal grandfather was African-American...
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    James Forten (1766–1842). The couple had many children, the most notable were Harriet Forten Purvis, Margaretta Forten, and Sarah Louisa Forten Purvis often...
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  • suffragists. Purvis worked closely with Susan B. Anthony. She was born in about 1839 to activists Harriet Forten Purvis and Robert Purvis. She was the...
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    businessman Harriet Forten Purvis, abolitionist Robert Purvis, abolitionist, lived most of his life in Philadelphia Sarah Louisa Forten Purvis, abolitionist...
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    (insurrectionist, American slave) Harriet Forten Purvis (American) Robert Purvis (American) Sarah Louisa Forten Purvis (American) John Rankin (American) Hermann...
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  • Lucy Proffitt (Rhode Island). Harriet Forten Purvis (Pennsylvania). Harriet Purvis Jr. (Pennsylvania). R Sarah Parker Remond. Charlotte Rollin (South...
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    such as Frederick Douglass in Rochester, New York, and Robert Purvis and James Forten in Philadelphia, played prominent leadership roles. Douglass became...
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    Boies Penrose (1860–1921), former U.S. Senator and party boss Harriet Forten Purvis (1810–1875), abolitionist leader Charles H. Ramsey (born 1950), former...
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    Forten (1766-1842) April 24, 1990 336 Lombard St., Philadelphia 39°56′33″N 75°08′55″W / 39.94254°N 75.14858°W / 39.94254; -75.14858 (James Forten...
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