Opening: Black Founders: The Forten Family of Philadelphia and More Programming at the Museum of the American Revolution

PHILADELPHIA - Opening on February 11, 2023, a brand-new exhibition charts the life of James Forten, a free man of African descent who fought in the war for American independence in 1781, then returned to Philadelphia to become a successful businessman, philanthropist, and stalwart abolitionist.


Chronicle Forten’s life and follow his family’s 100-year story from the American Revolution through the lead up to the Civil War and women’s suffrage movement. Other highlights of the museum’s Black History Month programming include first-person theatrical performances and a special Black Voices of the Revolution tour at noon on Saturdays and Sundays in February.

Where: Museum of the American Revolution, 101 S. 3rd Street

Opening: Black Founders: The Forten Family of Philadelphia and More Programming at the Museum of the American Revolution

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