Sarah Louisa Forten Purvis

Sarah Louisa Forten Purvis
Born
Sarah Louisa Forten

1814 (1814)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Died1884 (aged 69–70)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Other namesAda, Magawisca
Occupation(s)Writer, abolitionist
SpouseJoseph Purvis
Children8, including William B. Purvis
Parents
RelativesHarriet Forten Purvis (sister), Margaretta Forten (sister)

Sarah Louisa Forten Purvis (1814–1884) was an American poet and abolitionist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She co-founded The Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society and contributed many poems to the anti-slavery newspaper The Liberator.[1]

  1. ^ Smith, Jessie Carney (2009). Freedom facts and firsts: 400 years of the African American civil rights experience. Linda T. Wynn. Canton, MI: Visible Ink Press. ISBN 978-1-57859-243-2. OCLC 608623382.