Amos Fortune, Free Man
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780525255703 (0525255702)
Publish date: April 14th 1967
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
Pages no: 192
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Classics,
History,
Academic,
School,
Cultural,
Juvenile,
Historical Fiction,
Middle Grade,
African American,
American History
I read this with my son for his 8th grade history class. It starts out similar to Roots with At-mun (later Americanized to Amos) a proud, thoughtful prince of his tribe in Africa. Through good fortune, gaining him his last name, he is sold to kind families, learns a trade, and becomes a Christian. A...
Amos Fortune was born At-mun, the son of a king in Africa. Before he knew it, he was seized and taken to America, to be sold as a slave. He was fortunate, however, and was sold to a kind Quaker who treated him justly and beneficently and allowed him to buy his freedom. All his life (and he lived a l...
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