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Amos Fortune by Elizabeth Yates (1989, Paperback, Reprint) 
Amos Fortune by Elizabeth Yates (1989, Paperback, Reprint)

 
Amos Fortune by Elizabeth Yates (1989, Paperback, Reprint)

Publisher: Puffin
Publication Date: 1989-04-01
Series: Puffin Newbery Library
Language: English
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0140341587
ISBN-13: 9780140341584
Product ID: EPID55880
Description: 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 th...
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Synopsis
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.

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.

Details
Publication Date:1989-04-01
Series:Puffin Newbery Library
Illustrator:Nora Spicer Unwin
Edition Description:Reprint

Size
Length:181 pages
Height:7.8 in
Width:5.3 in
Thickness:0.5 in
Weight:6.4 oz

Publisher's Note
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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