Amos Fortune, Free Man

• Author(s): Elizabeth Yates,
• Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
• Pages: 192
• ISBN_10: 0140341587
  ISBN_13: 9780140341584
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Juvenile Fiction / People & Places / United States / African American & Black , Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism , Juvenile Fiction / Historical / United States / General ,

Description:... 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