1. James Forten
From Now Is Your Time

2. Voices of The Revolution
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Biography 2

3. James Forten

5. Key Vocabulary abolitionists dread apprentice encouraged assisted
captives
conflict
dread
encouraged
enslavement
influential
privateers
tacking

9. Strategy Focus
James Forten served on a ship during the Revolution. As you read, think of questions to discuss with classmates about his experiences.

10. We also ask ourselves questions that can be answered during or after reading to help us understand the selection

12. Selection 3

14. abolitionists
people who believed that slavery should be against the law

15. apprentice
someone who works for another person in order to learn a trade

16. assisted
helped

17. captives
prisoners

18. conflict
a struggle; a war

19. dread
grim fear

20. encouraged
gave support to someone’s efforts or plans

21. enslavement
the state of being owned and controlled by another person

22. influential
having the power to affect events or sway opinions

23. privateers
ships that are privately owned but are encouraged by the government to attack enemy ships during the war

24. tacking
changing directions while sailing

28. Objectives
We will:
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