Draft:John Fortie

John Fortie was a reverend, businessman, and educator in the United States. He ran a school in Baltimore, Maryland.

He was a leader in Orchard Street Methodist Church.https://gbul.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/orchard_st_church_history.pdf He filed a petition in 1840.https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/person/36290/ The church was on Sharp Street in 1835. He and fellow monisters Nathaniel Peck and William Levengton wrote a letter published in a newspaper noting the "privileges" afforded their xommunity and pledging to maintain oeaceful relations with whites.https://thelionofanacostia.wordpress.com/2018/04/11/the-colored-people-of-baltimore-signed-by-rev-john-fortie-nathaniel-peck-and-william-levington-niles-weekly-register-3-october-1835/