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Amos Fortune : free man /

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Puffin Books, 2007, c1950.Description: 181 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 0140341587 (pbk.)
  • 9780140341584 (pbk.)
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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.
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.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
JB JB Chamberlin Free Public Library Biography B FOR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34517000350952

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.

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