Yates, Elizabeth,  1905- <br/><br/>
Amos Fortune, free man / 
Elizabeth Yates ; illustrated by Nora S. Unwin. 
 - New York :  Dutton,  c1950. 
 - 181 p. :  ill. ;  21 cm. 
<br/><br/> Children's Catalog (Wilson)  Junior High School Library Catalog (Wilson)  Booklist 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/> 5.0  Follett Library Resources  7-10 
<br/><br/> Newbery Medal, 1951 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0525255702 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Fortune, Amos, 1709 or 10-1801 --Juvenile literature.<br/>Fortune, Amos, 1709 or 10-1801. <br/>Fortune, Amos, 1709 or 10-1801. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Afro-Americans--Biography--Juvenile literature.--Massachusetts<br/>Slaves--Biography--Juvenile literature.--Massachusetts<br/>Afro-Americans--Biography.<br/>Slaves.<br/>Blacks--Biography.<br/>Newbery Medal books.<br/>Slavery--Biography.--United States
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>B  92  326/.092  974.4/00496/092