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8 - 12
Genre
fiction
Copyright Year
1951-01-01
Page Count
192
Publisher
Dutton
Grade Level
3rd - 7th
ISBN
9780140341584
Lexile
1090
Themes
african american history

Amos Fortune, Free Man

Written by Elizabeth Yates
Based on the life of Amos Fortune, who was captured in Africa in the 1700s, and sold as a slave in Massachusetts, the biographical novel traces his life and its ups and downs. One of his owners, Ichabod Richardson, teaches him tanning. Eventually, he moves to Jaffrey, New Hampshire, to start his own tanning business. He is freed at the age of 60.
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Age Range
8 - 12
Genre
fiction
Copyright Year
1951-01-01
Page Count
192
Publisher
Dutton
Grade Level
3rd - 7th
ISBN
9780140341584
Lexile
1090
Themes
african american history
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