Amos Fortune, Free Man

Amos Fortune, Free Man

by Elizabeth Yates
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Publisher:
Penguin
Genre:Juvenile Fiction
Language: en
Published:May 01, 1989
ISBN13:9780140341584
ISBN10:0140341587

About the Book

A Newbery Medal Winner When Amos Fortune was only fifteen years old, he was captured by slave traders and brought to Massachusetts, where he was sold at auction. Although his freedom had been taken, Amos never lost his dinity and courage. For 45 years, Amos worked as a slave and dreamed of freedom. And, at age 60, he finally began to see those dreams come true. "The moving story of a life dedicated to the fight for freedom."—Booklist