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Museum of the American Revolution Presents Black Founders:

The Forten Family of Philadelphia starting February 11
PHILADELPHIA, PA – A groundbreaking new special exhibition, Black The exhibit also will
Founders: The Forten Family of Philadelphia, will bring together – for the feature videos, audio
first time in a major museum exhibition – more than 100 historical experiences, and tactile
artifacts to tell the inspiring story of free Black Philadelphian James Forten interactives, including a
and his family’s tireless pursuit of liberty and equality from the partial recreation of James
Revolutionary era through the Civil War and Reconstruction. The Forten’s sailmaking work-
exhibition will be on view exclusively at the Museum of the American shop that visitors can step
Revolution in Philadelphia from February 11, 2023, through November inside to discover replica
26, 2023, and is included with regular Museum admission tools and a workbench
James Forten (1766-1842) was born free in Philadelphia—just a like those used by Forten.
block from where the Museum now stands—and heard the words of Visitors will encounter a
the Declaration of Independence read aloud for the first time on July scale model of the Royal
8, 1776. Of the more than 500,000 people of African descent living in Louis, the privateer ship
the United States at the time, more than 90 percent were enslaved; that Forten served aboard
James Forten was part of a small, but growing, population of free in 1781, as well as a
people of African descent. touchable cannon from
Using objects, documents, and immersive environments, Black the 1700s. Visitors of all
Founders will explore the Forten family’s roles in the Revolutionary ages will be able to try
War, business in Philadelphia, and the abolitionist movement from on clothing like that
1776 to 1876, including helping to start both the American Anti- worn by 18th-century
Slavery Society and the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society in sailors, similar to what
1833. During those 100 years, the family also took an active role in James Forten wore as a
defending voting rights and civil liberties for African Americans. The teenage sailor during the James Forten portrait, 1818
exhibit will focus on three generations of the Forten family, from James Revolutionary War.
Forten and Charlotte Vandine Forten to their children and grandchil- Programs and Events: The exhibition will come to life with a rich
dren, who supported the Union cause during the American Civil War. slate of special events and daily programs, including family-friendly
Created by the Museum’s in-house curatorial team, the exhibition activities, as well as evening speakers and events exploring the historic
will feature over 100 historical artifacts, works of art, and documents and contemporary relevance of the exhibition. For upcoming events,
from nearly 40 lenders and the Museum’s own collection. Rare histor- visit www.amrevmuseum.org/at-the-museum/events.
ical objects on loan from descendants of the Forten family will be on Accompanying the exhibition, an original first-person theatrical
view for the very first time in a public exhibit. performance will dramatize the experiences of free Black Philadelphian
James Forten, who joined a privateer ship to serve during the
Revolutionary War and later became a prominent businessperson and
SCOTT AANTIQUE MARKETS abolitionist. The performance will take place on weekends in the Alan

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America’s Favorite Treasure Hunts! B. Miller Theater.
Black Founders will be open daily from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. The 5,000-
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square-foot exhibition will be located in the Museum’s first-floor
Patriots Gallery. Access to the exhibition is included with regular
Atlanta Expo Cennters Museum admission. Tickets can be purchased by visiting
www.AmRevMuseum.org, by calling 215-253-6731, or at the front
Atlanta, GA, desk. Children ages 5 and under are free. All tickets are valid for two
consecutive days.
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