This event begins 09/02/2026 and repeats every year forever
James Forten who is certified real, unlike Crispus Atticks, is important because whenever a black person in the usa claims to have connection to the united states of america from its infancy , they can point to james forten. But, two key points must be comprehended alongside James Forten.
James Forten was a big representative of blacks who fought for the creation of the usa WHILE blacks who fought for the creation of the usa was the smallest minority in the black populace in the european colonies that would become the usa.
The black populace in the english colonies had three groups.
Black enslaved to white= 90% majority, these are a blend of black people who hate whites to the core, are afraid of whites to the core, while have no desire t exist aside whites. Segregationist + Seperatist. Not merely wanting distance from whites segregation, they want a wall to blockade any merger , seperatist.
Black free folk who fought against the creation of the usa- 8% minority, black folk who are free or have recently escaped enslavement who don't like or trust whites, but have a particular distaste for whites in the usa and will aid whites from europe against whites from the usa, with the promise of freedom. At the end of the war of cessation from the british empire, britain was able to get these people to freedom, though many were recaptured or enslaved by whites throughout the larger battlefield.
Black free folk who fought for the creation of the usa- 2% minority , people like James Forten.
What is my point? From the war of 1812 to the war between the states, most black people have an anti white + anti usa position in the usa or the european colonies that preceded.
Black people in the usa to our forever dishonor, keep presenting our history as akin to willing immigrants whether they be black or non black.
Are we not sustained by the same power, supported by the same food, hurt by the same wounds, pleased with the same delights, and propagated by the same means?
And should we not then enjoy the same liberty and be protected by the same laws?
♪ Some consider us as much property as a house or a ship and think how anxious we must be to raise ourselves from this degrading state.
James Forten.
Narrator: James Forten was born free in Philadelphia.
At 9, he had been in the crowd at the Pennsylvania State House that heard the Declaration of Independence read to the public for the very first time.
Forten took the promise of the Declaration to heart and never questioned whether its self-evident truths applied to him.
♪ Now, in the summer of 1781, Forten was 14, old enough to fight for his country.
With his mother's permission, he went down to the docks, signed on to a privateer, and set out to sea.
Forten was one of 20 men and boys of color in a crew of 200.
For privateers eager to attract volunteers, race was no barrier.
♪ His first voyage was a triumph, but the second was a disaster.
His ship was overtaken and captured by a British warship.
♪ Once aboard, the captain's son befriended him, and the captain offered to release him if he were willing to sail with the boy to England.
