Amos Fortune, Free Man
Illustrated by Unwin, Nora Spicer
Born the son of an African king, Amos Fortune is captured by slave traders and brought to Massachusetts, where he is sold at auction. For forty-five years he works as a slave before buying his freedom. A skilled tanner, Amos eventually purchases the freedom of others, builds a home and business in Jaffrey, New Hampshire, and earns the respect of the community as a free man.
- Publication Date
- 1950
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- Reading level
- Middle Grade
- Content warning
- None
Book tags
- Culture
- AfricaUnited States
- Recommended By
- Ambleside OnlineBeautiful Feet BooksSonlight
- Genre
- BiographyNon-Fiction
- Format
- Chapter Book
- Religion
- Christianity
- Timeline
- Colonial America
- Subject
- History
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