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Amos Fortune
Free Man
by Elizabeth Yates
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A biography of Amos Fortune--born an African prince named At-mun--who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in the United States. Eventually able to buy his own freedom, Fortune dedicated the rest of his life to helping other slaves buy theirs. Winner of the 1951 Newbery Medal.
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9780140341584,
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Puffin,
1989
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Publisher Notes
Amos Fortune was born the son of an African king. In 1725, when he was 15 years old, he was captured by slave traders, brought to America and sold at auction. For 45 years, Amos worked as a slave and dreamed of freedom. At 60, he began to see those dreams come true. A Newbery Honor Book.
Synopses
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.
First Line
Night came down swiftly over the equatorial forest. There was no lingering of daylight; but, after the snuffing out of the sun, darkness and bright appearing of stars. No silence came with the darkness, for this was a night alive with song and movement.
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