 | William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, Isabel Eaton - African American household employees - 1899 - 702 pages
...time. Born in 1766, and educated by Benezet, he "was a gentleman by nature, easy in manner and able in intercourse ; popular as a man of trade or gentleman...the pave, and well received by the gentry of lighter shade."33 For years he conducted a sail-making trade, employing both whites and Negroes. In 1814 he,... | |
 | Julie Winch - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 532 pages
...punch with him."147 Merchant Abraham Ritter indicated something of the mixed response to James Forten. Mr. Forten was a gentleman by nature, easy in manner,...or gentleman of the pave, and well received by the gentlemen of lighter shade. He was very genteel in appearance, good figure, prominent features, and... | |
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was a gentleman by nature, easy in manner and able in intercourse; popular as a man of trade or gentleman of the pave, and well received by the gentry of lighter shade. 