![Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1830 December 31st](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn27/L3Bob3RvLzE4MzAvMDEvMDEvbGV0dGVyLWZyb20tamFtZXMtZm9ydGVuLXBoaWxhZGVscGhpYS1wZW5uc3lsdmFuaWEtdG8td2lsbGlhbS1sbG95ZC1nYXJyaXNvbi0xYmFmNmQtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/48/webp "Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1830 December 31st")
Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William L...
James Forten writes to William Lloyd Garrison describing his happiness to hear that Garrison is "about establishing a paper in Boston." Forten declares, "I hope your efforts may not be in vain; and may the 'Lib... More
![Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1831 March 21st](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn27/L3Bob3RvLzE4MzEvMDEvMDEvbGV0dGVyLWZyb20tamFtZXMtZm9ydGVuLXBoaWxhZGVscGhpYS1wZW5uc3lsdmFuaWEtdG8td2lsbGlhbS1sbG95ZC1nYXJyaXNvbi00ZDc1MzMtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/48/webp "Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1831 March 21st")
Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William L...
In this letter to William Lloyd Garrison, James Forten sends him "two numbers of the Pennsylvania Inquirer, containing some strictures on the repeal of the Marriage Law in Massachusetts." He criticizes the auth... More
![Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1831 March 21st](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn27/L3Bob3RvLzE4MzEvMDEvMDEvbGV0dGVyLWZyb20tamFtZXMtZm9ydGVuLXBoaWxhZGVscGhpYS1wZW5uc3lsdmFuaWEtdG8td2lsbGlhbS1sbG95ZC1nYXJyaXNvbi1mYTZiOTctMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/48/webp "Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1831 March 21st")
Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William L...
In this letter to William Lloyd Garrison, James Forten sends him "two numbers of the Pennsylvania Inquirer, containing some strictures on the repeal of the Marriage Law in Massachusetts." He criticizes the auth... More
![Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1831 Feb[ruar]y 2nd](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn27/L3Bob3RvLzE4MzEvMDEvMDEvbGV0dGVyLWZyb20tamFtZXMtZm9ydGVuLXBoaWxhZGVscGhpYS1wZW5uc3lsdmFuaWEtdG8td2lsbGlhbS1sbG95ZC1nYXJyaXNvbi03ZmQxMDktMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/47/webp "Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1831 Feb[ruar]y 2nd")
Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William L...
James Forten writes to William Lloyd Garrison telling him "the Liberator is highly valued here by all who have had opportunity to judge of it and others who have already heard of it are very anxious to peruse i... More
![Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1831 February 23d](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn27/L3Bob3RvLzE4MzEvMDEvMDEvbGV0dGVyLWZyb20tamFtZXMtZm9ydGVuLXBoaWxhZGVscGhpYS1wZW5uc3lsdmFuaWEtdG8td2lsbGlhbS1sbG95ZC1nYXJyaXNvbi1hYjA2OTItMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/47/webp "Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1831 February 23d")
Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William L...
James Forten writes to William Lloyd Garrison regretting that "Mrs. Stansbury of Trenton, N[ew] Jersey has presented 1,000 dollars to the Colonization Society" when the funds could be better used to encourage "... More
![Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1831 Feb[ruar]y 2nd](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn27/L3Bob3RvLzE4MzEvMDEvMDEvbGV0dGVyLWZyb20tamFtZXMtZm9ydGVuLXBoaWxhZGVscGhpYS1wZW5uc3lsdmFuaWEtdG8td2lsbGlhbS1sbG95ZC1nYXJyaXNvbi1lYmMyZGQtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/47/webp "Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1831 Feb[ruar]y 2nd")
Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William L...
James Forten writes to William Lloyd Garrison telling him "the Liberator is highly valued here by all who have had opportunity to judge of it and others who have already heard of it are very anxious to peruse i... More
![Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1831 August 9th](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn27/L3Bob3RvLzE4MzEvMDEvMDEvbGV0dGVyLWZyb20tamFtZXMtZm9ydGVuLXBoaWxhZGVscGhpYS1wZW5uc3lsdmFuaWEtdG8td2lsbGlhbS1sbG95ZC1nYXJyaXNvbi0yMDEzMzUtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1831 August 9th")
Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William L...
James Forten writes to William Lloyd Garrison sending him the latest annual report from the [American] Colonization Society and discussing the Independence Day speech of John Quincy Adams. Forten says that he a... More
![Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1831 Feb[ruar]y 2nd](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn27/L3Bob3RvLzE4MzEvMDEvMDEvbGV0dGVyLWZyb20tamFtZXMtZm9ydGVuLXBoaWxhZGVscGhpYS1wZW5uc3lsdmFuaWEtdG8td2lsbGlhbS1sbG95ZC1nYXJyaXNvbi05YmY4YmYtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/33/webp "Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1831 Feb[ruar]y 2nd")
Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William L...
James Forten writes to William Lloyd Garrison telling him "the Liberator is highly valued here by all who have had opportunity to judge of it and others who have already heard of it are very anxious to peruse i... More
![Letter from James Forten, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1831 Oct[ober] 20](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn27/L3Bob3RvLzE4MzEvMDEvMDEvbGV0dGVyLWZyb20tamFtZXMtZm9ydGVuLXBoaWxhZGVscGhpYS1wZW5uc3lsdmFuaWEtdG8td2lsbGlhbS1sbG95ZC1nYXJyaXNvbi0xMDllMmUtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "Letter from James Forten, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1831 Oct[ober] 20")
Letter from James Forten, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania], to William Llo...
James Forten writes to William Lloyd Garrison pleased that Garrison "is still urging onward unintimidated by the many threats of personal violence from the South." He discusses the Southern hatred for the Liber... More
![Letter from James Forten, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1832 May 6th](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn27/L3Bob3RvLzE4MzIvMDEvMDEvbGV0dGVyLWZyb20tamFtZXMtZm9ydGVuLXBoaWxhZGVscGhpYS1wZW5uc3lsdmFuaWEtdG8td2lsbGlhbS1sbG95ZC1nYXJyaXNvbi03MTM2MjMtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/48/webp "Letter from James Forten, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1832 May 6th")
Letter from James Forten, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania], to William Llo...
James Forten writes to William Lloyd Garrison discussing a work Garrison is about to publish (likely his "Thoughts on African Colonization"), sharing his hope that it "may be the means of opposing, in full, the... More
![Letter from James Forten, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1832 May 6th](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn27/L3Bob3RvLzE4MzIvMDEvMDEvbGV0dGVyLWZyb20tamFtZXMtZm9ydGVuLXBoaWxhZGVscGhpYS1wZW5uc3lsdmFuaWEtdG8td2lsbGlhbS1sbG95ZC1nYXJyaXNvbi1jMGIzYzktMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/48/webp "Letter from James Forten, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1832 May 6th")
Letter from James Forten, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania], to William Llo...
James Forten writes to William Lloyd Garrison discussing a work Garrison is about to publish (likely his "Thoughts on African Colonization"), sharing his hope that it "may be the means of opposing, in full, the... More
![Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1832 July 28th](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn27/L3Bob3RvLzE4MzIvMDEvMDEvbGV0dGVyLWZyb20tamFtZXMtZm9ydGVuLXBoaWxhZGVscGhpYS1wZW5uc3lsdmFuaWEtdG8td2lsbGlhbS1sbG95ZC1nYXJyaXNvbi0yNWNhYWYtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1832 July 28th")
Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William L...
James Forten writes to William Lloyd Garrison apologizing for not responding sooner to his last letter and assuring him that the pleasure of Garrison's visit was mutual. Forten calls such visits, "cheering, the... More
![Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1830 December 31st](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn27/L3Bob3RvLzE4MzAvMDEvMDEvbGV0dGVyLWZyb20tamFtZXMtZm9ydGVuLXBoaWxhZGVscGhpYS1wZW5uc3lsdmFuaWEtdG8td2lsbGlhbS1sbG95ZC1nYXJyaXNvbi00Y2U0NmMtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/48/webp "Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1830 December 31st")
Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William L...
James Forten writes to William Lloyd Garrison describing his happiness to hear that Garrison is "about establishing a paper in Boston." Forten declares, "I hope your efforts may not be in vain; and may the 'Lib... More
![Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1831 August 9th](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn27/L3Bob3RvLzE4MzEvMDEvMDEvbGV0dGVyLWZyb20tamFtZXMtZm9ydGVuLXBoaWxhZGVscGhpYS1wZW5uc3lsdmFuaWEtdG8td2lsbGlhbS1sbG95ZC1nYXJyaXNvbi1kMDQ0OWItMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1831 August 9th")
Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William L...
James Forten writes to William Lloyd Garrison sending him the latest annual report from the [American] Colonization Society and discussing the Independence Day speech of John Quincy Adams. Forten says that he a... More
![Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1831 February 23d](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn27/L3Bob3RvLzE4MzEvMDEvMDEvbGV0dGVyLWZyb20tamFtZXMtZm9ydGVuLXBoaWxhZGVscGhpYS1wZW5uc3lsdmFuaWEtdG8td2lsbGlhbS1sbG95ZC1nYXJyaXNvbi1mZTg5ZmUtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/47/webp "Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1831 February 23d")
Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William L...
James Forten writes to William Lloyd Garrison regretting that "Mrs. Stansbury of Trenton, N[ew] Jersey has presented 1,000 dollars to the Colonization Society" when the funds could be better used to encourage "... More
![Letter from James Forten, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1831 Oct[ober] 20](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn27/L3Bob3RvLzE4MzEvMDEvMDEvbGV0dGVyLWZyb20tamFtZXMtZm9ydGVuLXBoaWxhZGVscGhpYS1wZW5uc3lsdmFuaWEtdG8td2lsbGlhbS1sbG95ZC1nYXJyaXNvbi03YjEzY2ItMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "Letter from James Forten, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1831 Oct[ober] 20")
Letter from James Forten, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania], to William Llo...
James Forten writes to William Lloyd Garrison pleased that Garrison "is still urging onward unintimidated by the many threats of personal violence from the South." He discusses the Southern hatred for the Liber... More
![Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1832 July 28th](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn27/L3Bob3RvLzE4MzIvMDEvMDEvbGV0dGVyLWZyb20tamFtZXMtZm9ydGVuLXBoaWxhZGVscGhpYS1wZW5uc3lsdmFuaWEtdG8td2lsbGlhbS1sbG95ZC1nYXJyaXNvbi00NTFkNjQtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1832 July 28th")
Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William L...
James Forten writes to William Lloyd Garrison apologizing for not responding sooner to his last letter and assuring him that the pleasure of Garrison's visit was mutual. Forten calls such visits, "cheering, the... More
![Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1831 February 23d](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn27/L3Bob3RvLzE4MzEvMDEvMDEvbGV0dGVyLWZyb20tamFtZXMtZm9ydGVuLXBoaWxhZGVscGhpYS1wZW5uc3lsdmFuaWEtdG8td2lsbGlhbS1sbG95ZC1nYXJyaXNvbi0xNmNkYjQtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/47/webp "Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1831 February 23d")
Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William L...
James Forten writes to William Lloyd Garrison regretting that "Mrs. Stansbury of Trenton, N[ew] Jersey has presented 1,000 dollars to the Colonization Society" when the funds could be better used to encourage "... More
![Letter from James Forten, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1831 Oct[ober] 20](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn27/L3Bob3RvLzE4MzEvMDEvMDEvbGV0dGVyLWZyb20tamFtZXMtZm9ydGVuLXBoaWxhZGVscGhpYS1wZW5uc3lsdmFuaWEtdG8td2lsbGlhbS1sbG95ZC1nYXJyaXNvbi05MTEyNDEtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "Letter from James Forten, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1831 Oct[ober] 20")
Letter from James Forten, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania], to William Llo...
James Forten writes to William Lloyd Garrison pleased that Garrison "is still urging onward unintimidated by the many threats of personal violence from the South." He discusses the Southern hatred for the Liber... More
![Letter from James Forten, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1831 Oct[ober] 20](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn27/L3Bob3RvLzE4MzEvMDEvMDEvbGV0dGVyLWZyb20tamFtZXMtZm9ydGVuLXBoaWxhZGVscGhpYS1wZW5uc3lsdmFuaWEtdG8td2lsbGlhbS1sbG95ZC1nYXJyaXNvbi01M2YyZTEtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "Letter from James Forten, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1831 Oct[ober] 20")
Letter from James Forten, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania], to William Llo...
James Forten writes to William Lloyd Garrison pleased that Garrison "is still urging onward unintimidated by the many threats of personal violence from the South." He discusses the Southern hatred for the Liber... More
![Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1831 February 23d](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn27/L3Bob3RvLzIwMjAvMTEvMTgvZDYwNmVmMTAtOWFlYi00ODQyLTkzODgtOGZmNWM2ZmZiMzQzLTEwMjQuanBn/40/47/webp "Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1831 February 23d")
Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William L...
James Forten writes to William Lloyd Garrison regretting that "Mrs. Stansbury of Trenton, N[ew] Jersey has presented 1,000 dollars to the Colonization Society" when the funds could be better used to encourage "... More