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Amos Fortune Free Man
Amos Fortune Free Man
Author: Elizabeth Yates
Amos Fortune was born in Africa, the son of a king. In 1710 he was captured by slave traders and brought to America. He lived as a slave until he was 60 years old and able to buy his freedom. By the time he died in 1801 he was one of the most respected citizens of the town of Jaffrey.
ISBN: 341706
Publication Date: 4/1950
Pages: 181
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Publisher: E.P. Dutton & Co.
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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Story of an African prince, sold as a slave that never loses his dignity and dreams of freedom
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Originally published in 1950, this Newbery Award winner embodies the quiet method of changing the world. Amos Fortune lived a hard life, but his calmness and solid beliefs affected everyone he came in contact with. His life story teaches us lessons that many people today seem to have forgotten; lessons of patience and forgiveness. And that a little hard work can go a long way toward making your life, and the lives of those around you that much richer :o)
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Moving story.
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This book is used in Sonlight 7 (now Core 100)
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An excellent biography for older elementary students that won the John Newbery medal.
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Different cover but same book. 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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