Amos Fortune : free man / Elizabeth Yates ; illustrated by Nora S. Unwin.
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TextPublication details: New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Puffin Books, 2007, c1950.Description: 181 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN: - 0140341587 (pbk.)
- 9780140341584 (pbk.)
- 9780329569235
- Newbery Medal, 1951.
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Vol info | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Parent/Teacher Resource Collection-Children's | Fortune, A. Y31 | 1951 | Available | Newbery/Caldecott Award Winner | 33111005455056 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A Newbery Medal Winner
When Amos Fortune was only fifteen years old, he was captured by slave traders and brought to Massachusetts, where he was sold at auction. Although his freedom had been taken, Amos never lost his dinity and courage. For 45 years, Amos worked as a slave and dreamed of freedom. And, at age 60, he finally began to see those dreams come true.
"The moving story of a life dedicated to the fight for freedom."-- Booklist
Reprint. Originally published: New York : Dutton, 1950.
Africa 1725 -- Middle passage -- Boston 1725-1740 -- Woburn 1740-1779 -- Journey to Keene 1779 -- Arrival at Jaffrey -- Hard work fills the iron kettle 1781-1789 -- Amos on the mountain -- Auctioned for freedom -- Evergreen years 1794-1801.
The life of the eighteenth-century African prince who, after being captured by slave traders, was brought to Massachusetts where he was a slave until he was able to buy his freedom at the age of sixty.
Newbery Medal, 1951.