Amos Fortune, free man /

Yates, Elizabeth, 1905-

Amos Fortune, free man / Elizabeth Yates ; illustrated by Nora S. Unwin. - New York : Dutton, c1950. - 181 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Children's Catalog (Wilson) Junior High School Library Catalog (Wilson) Booklist

A biography of Amos Fortune, born the son of an African king, but captured at 15 and sold as a slave in Massachusetts where he purchased his freedom when he was sixty and became a respected citizen.

5.0 Follett Library Resources 7-10

Newbery Medal, 1951

0525255702


Fortune, Amos, 1709 or 10-1801 --Juvenile literature.
Fortune, Amos, 1709 or 10-1801.
Fortune, Amos, 1709 or 10-1801.


Afro-Americans--Biography--Juvenile literature.--Massachusetts
Slaves--Biography--Juvenile literature.--Massachusetts
Afro-Americans--Biography.
Slaves.
Blacks--Biography.
Newbery Medal books.
Slavery--Biography.--United States

B 92 326/.092 974.4/00496/092