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Amos Fortune, free man  Cover Image Book Book

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

Record details

  • ISBN: 0812474902
  • ISBN: 9780812474909
  • ISBN: 1439514895 : PBD
  • ISBN: 9781439514894 : PBD
  • ISBN: 0140341587
  • ISBN: 0140341587
  • ISBN: 9780140341584
  • ISBN: 9781439514894
  • ISBN: 1439514895
  • ISBN: 9780812474909
  • ISBN: 0812474902
  • Physical Description: 181 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
  • Publisher: New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Puffin Books, 1989, ©1950.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Reprint. Originally published: New York : Dutton, 1950.
Formatted Contents Note:
Africa 1725 -- Middle passage -- Boston 1725-1740 -- Woburn 1740-1779 -- Journey to Keene 1779 -- Arrival at Jaffrey -- Hard work fills the iron kettle 1781-1789 -- Amos on the mountain -- Auctioned for freedom -- Evergreen years 1794-1801.
Summary, etc.:
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.
Awards Note:
Newbery Medal, 1951.
Newbery Medal Award, 1951.
Subject: Fortune, Amos, 1709 or 1710-1801 > Juvenile literature.
Enslaved persons.
African Americans > Massachusetts > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Slaves > Massachusetts > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Massachusetts > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Fortune, Amos, 1709 or 1710-1801.
African Americans > Biography.
Slaves.
Genre: Biographies.

Available copies

  • 14 of 14 copies available at Bibliomation.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 14 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Babcock Library - Ashford JB FOR (Text) 33110143353991 Newbery Award Winner Available -
Bethel Public Library J B FORTUNE (Text) 34030060694186 Juvenile Biography Available -
Brookfield Library J 921/FORTUNE (Text) 34029146689988 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
C.H. Booth Library - Newtown J B FORTUNE (Text) 34014132936874 Juvenile Biography Available -
Hagaman Memorial Library - East Haven J PB YATES NEWBERY (Text) 31953001944480 Juvenile Paperback Available -
Lyman Memorial High School FIC YAT (Text) 33431129295836 Fiction Available -
Mark Twain Library Association - Redding JB FORTUNE (Text) 33620147430009 Juvenile Biography Available -
Minor Memorial Library - Roxbury J B FOR (Text) 33630095466343 Juvenile Biography Available -
Putnam Public Library j B FORTUNE (Text) 33610131799709 Juvenile Biography Available -
Slater Public Library - Griswold JB FORTUNE (Text) 31252140631755 Juvenile Biography Available -

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24510. ‡aAmos Fortune, free man / ‡cElizabeth Yates ; illustrated by Nora S. Unwin.
260 . ‡aNew York, N.Y., U.S.A. : ‡bPuffin Books, ‡c1989, ©1950.
300 . ‡a181 pages : ‡billustrations ; ‡c20 cm
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520 . ‡aThe 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.
5050 . ‡aAfrica 1725 -- Middle passage -- Boston 1725-1740 -- Woburn 1740-1779 -- Journey to Keene 1779 -- Arrival at Jaffrey -- Hard work fills the iron kettle 1781-1789 -- Amos on the mountain -- Auctioned for freedom -- Evergreen years 1794-1801.
586 . ‡aNewbery Medal, 1951.
586 . ‡aNewbery Medal Award, 1951.
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