A biography of Amos Fortune, born the son of an African chief, but captured at 15 and sold as a slave in Massachusetts, where he purchased his freedom when he was sixty years old and became a respected citizen.
year: 1981
call number/section: 1000
subjects: fortune, amos, 1709 or 10 - 1801, slaves, massachusetts, biography, juvenile literature, afro-americans, biograpy, newbery medal books, american history, slavery in new england (1700s)