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Amos Fortune, free man / Elizabeth Yates ; illustrated by Nora S. Unwin.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Puffin Newbery libraryPublication details: New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Puffin Books, 1989, c1950.Description: 181 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 0140341587
  • 9780140341584
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 974.4/00496073024 92 19
  • B 19
LOC classification:
  • E185.97.F73 Y3 1989
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Awards:
  • Newbery Medal, 1951
Summary: 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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library Nash 301 Children's Books Section J NF 326 YAT Available 33710001203160

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