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James Forten, Free Black Man

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James Forten was born a free black man on September 2 1766. When he was 15 years old, he went to work on a american warship. The ship was capture and Forten was taking to England. When he returned to America, Forten became a sail maker. Soon he bought the companie. Forten was asked once to take some slaves back to africa. He would be there leader. He passed up the offer He wanted to stay in America and work to free the slaves?

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Note: Eleven errors are identified below. Some sharp-eyed readers identified
The ship was captured, and Forten was taken to England.
as a compound sentence in need of a comma. You might give students extra credit for identifying all eleven errors.

James Forten was born a free black man on September 2, 1766. When he was 15 years old, he went to work on an American warship. The ship was captured , and Forten was taken to England. When he returned to America, Forten became a sail maker. Soon he bought the company. Forten was asked once to take some slaves back to Africa. He would be their leader. He passed up the offer. He wanted to stay in America and work to free the slaves.


Article by Gary Hopkins
Education World® Editor in Chief
Copyright © 2004 Education World

08/05/2004
 

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