# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-forten
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:41:01.487Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-forten"
name: "James Forten"
slug: "james-forten"
description: "James Forten was an American abolitionist, activist and businessman in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. An early Black Patriot, and a staunch supporter of American independence, he was perhaps one of the most prominent Black leaders of the post colonial era."
tagline: "African-American abolitionist, pioneer of civil rights"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Forten.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1766-09-02"
deathDate: "1842-03-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.87
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.423513333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "제임스 포튼"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%86"
    title: "جيمس فورتن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "چيمس فورتين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Forten"
    title: "James Forten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Forten"
    title: "James Forten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Forten"
    title: "James Forten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Forten"
    title: "James Forten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2157605"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump