QUESTION: James Forten went from working in a small store to dodging gunfire on an American vessel battling a British ship. What events led him down this path? Explain how Forten came to serve his country during the Revolutionary War. Support your explanation with specific evidence from the text.

James fotens activism was further recognized when he wrote and published a pamphlet denouncing the Pennsylvania legislature for prohibiting the immigration of freed black slaves from other states. During his early teens, he worked as a powder boy during the Revolutionary War on the Royal Lewis sailing ship.

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