Amos Fortune, free man /Elizabeth Yates ; illustrated by Nora S. Unwin.

Yates, Elizabeth, 1905-2001.,

Amos Fortune, free man /Elizabeth Yates ; illustrated by Nora S. Unwin. - New York, New York, U.S.A. : Puffin Books, (c)1989. - 181 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. - Puffin Newbery library .

Reprint. Originally published: New York : Dutton, 1950.

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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African Americans--Massachusetts--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Slaves--Massachusetts--Biography--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--Biography.
Slaves.

E185 / .A467 1989 E185