A Gentleman Of Color

The Life Of James Forten

BY JULIE WINCH

Brief Description:
"Less than a decade ago, Forten remained a footnote in books on U.S. and African-American history. This new critical biography, the first serious work on his life and legacy, not only restores him to his rightful place in American history, but also presents readers with an invigorating and challenging new portrait of pre- and post-Revolutionary race relations and identities....The strength of the book, aside from rediscovering Forten, is the careful and often surprising research into the complexity of African-American life in the 18th and early 19th centuries." - Publishers Weekly

Oxford University Press 2003 528 PP. Paper

$18.95 (low stock)