Amos Fortune, Free Man - Hardcover

Elizabeth Yates

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0525255702 ISBN 13: 9780525255703

Publisher: E. P. Dutton, 1950

Synopsis

Biography describes Fortune's capture in Africa, his forty years of slavery after which he bought his own freedom and then worked to free many others.

About this title

About the Author

Elizabeth Yates (1905–2001), prolific American author, won the 1951 Newbery Medal for her novel Amos Fortune, Free Man. She also received a Newbery Honor in 1944 for Mountain Born.

Nora Unwin (1907–1982) illustrated more than one hundred books for children.

From AudioFile

Elizabeth Yates deservedly won the Newbery Award for AMOS FORTUNE, FREE MAN in the pre-politically correct days of 1951. This carefully researched biography brings to life a man and era overlooked in history books. Born a prince in Africa, At-mun was captured at age 15, sold at a Boston slave auction, given the name Amos, taught to read, and trained as a tanner. Six decades later, he buys his freedom and, eventually, the freedom of others. Ray Childs's deep, melodious voice breathes life into a man who maintained his princely dignity through the indignities of slavery. Hearing the documents of manumission, the process by which a slave could be liberated, read in the formal language of the Colonial period underlines the authenticity of the story. N.E.M. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Edition details

• Publisher: E. P. Dutton
• Publication date: 1950
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0525255702
• ISBN 13: 9780525255703
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192