Title:
Amos Fortune, free man / Elizabeth Yates ; illustrated by Nora S. Unwin.
ISBN:
9780140341584
9781439514894
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Edition:
Puffin Books edition.
Publication Information:
New York, New York : Puffin Books, 1989.
©1950
Physical Description:
181 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
General Note:
Reprint. Originally published: New York : Dutton, 1950.
"First published in the United States of America by E. P. Dutton, a division of Penguin Books USA Inc., 1950."
Awards Note:
Newbery Medal & Honor Books, 1951
Contents:
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:
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.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.5 5 3.
Reading Counts RC 6-8 5.8 9 Quiz: 00382 Guided reading level: V.
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Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0716/89030234-b.html
Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0716/89030234-d.html
Audience:
1090L Lexile
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OCLC Number:
ocm19265732
Availability:
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