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Yates, Elizabeth, 1905-2001.

Amos Fortune : free man / - New York : Puffin Books, 2007, c1950. - 181 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

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.

ISBN: 0140341587 (pbk.) 9780140341584 (pbk.)

Subjects--Personal Names:
Fortune, Amos, 1709 or 10-1801 --Juvenile literature.
Fortune, Amos, 1709 or 10-1801.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
African Americans--Massachusetts--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Slaves--Massachusetts--Biography--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--Biography.
Slaves.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Massachusetts--Biography--Juvenile literature.