Pod-Textualizing the Past
Pod-Textualizing the Past
Susan Stanfield
Episode 11: Charlotte Forten: Radical, Teenaged, Abolitionist
26 minutes Posted Jun 19, 2020 at 10:37 am.
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Dr. Kristen Hillaire Glasgow (Ph.D. History, U.C.L.A.) discusses Charlotte Forten, a young woman of color in the 1850s who is an anti-slavery activist.  Using Forten’s diary of her teenaged years as a focal point, Glasgow examines her thoughts and perspective shedding new light on the abolition movement.