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In this story I will focus on a woman named Margaretta Forten. She lived from 1806 - 1875. She was the daughter of James Forten and Charlotte Vandine. The Fortens were one of the most prominent black families in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They were active abolitionists who took part in founding and financing at least six abolitionist organisations. Margaretta and her sisters were educated in private schools and by private tutors.
Because women were excluded from the American Anti-Slavery Society, Margaretta together with her mother and sisters Sarah and Harriet, co-founded the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society, the first female bi-racial anti-slavery society, with ten other women in 1833. The goal of this new society was to include women in the activism being done for the abolition of slavery, and "to elevate the people of colour from their present degraded situation to the full enjoyment of their rights and to increased usefullness in society."
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