Salem is a wildly diverse city, with a historical pattern that is just as complex. Our little coastal new england city so often reflects the larger goings on in the country. Salem 1854: Charlotte Forten, born and raised in Philadelphia, became the first African American student at the Higginson Grammar School for Girls in Salem. She went on become the first African American to graduate from what is now Salem State University. Join Sarah and Jeffrey, your favorite Salem tour guides, as they talk about the incredible life of abolitionist, poet, nurse, and teacher, Charlotte Forten, and her ties to Salem.

https://www.salemstate.edu/charlotte-forten

https://www.pbs.org/onlyateacher/charlotte.html

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/52446/charles-sumner

https://wams.nyhistory.org/a-nation-divided/antebellum/salem-anti-slavery-society/#

https://www.americanyawp.com/reader/the-sectional-crisis/charlotte-forten-complains-of-racism-in-the-north-1855/#:~:text=June%202%2C%201854

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