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Amos Fortune, Free Man

AUTHOR: Elizabeth Yates
ISBN: 0140341587
SHORT DESCRIPTION: 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...

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Amos Fortune, Free Man
- Book Review, by Elizabeth Yates

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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.

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Book Review

Amos Fortune, Free Man
- Book Reviews, by Elizabeth Yates

Amos Fortune, Free Man

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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.

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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.

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