A reconsideration of Afro-American literature

My great-grandfather was brought to this country a slave from Africa. My grandfather obtained his own freedom. My father never wore the yoke. He rendered valuable service to his country in the war of our Revolution; and I,, though then a boy, was a drummer in that war....I have since lived and labored in a useful employment, have acquired property, and have paid taxes in this city...have brought up and educated a family.... Yet some ingenious gentlemen have recently discovered that I am still an African; that a continent, three thousand miles-and more-from the place where I was born is my native country. And I am advised to go home. J ames Forten, 1822

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