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Amos Fortune was a very talented gambler, able to use whatever cards dealt to him, either by random or rigged, to his advantage in practically any game he participates, regardless how much the odds were stacked against him. Fortune was also a formidable hand-to-hand fighter, having learned to defend himself at an early age.
Amos Fortune (c. 1710 – November 1801) was a prominent African-American citizen of Jaffrey, New Hampshire, in the 18th century. Fortune was born in Africa and brought to America as an enslaved person. He was given the name "Amos Fortune" by his masters. [1]
974.4/00496073024 B 92 19. LC Class. E185.97.F73 Y3 1989. Amos Fortune, Free Man is a biographical novel by Elizabeth Yates that won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1951. [1] It is about a young African prince who is captured and taken to America as a slave. He masters a trade, purchases his freedom and ...
- Elizabeth Yates
- 1950
Amos Fortune was created for use in DC Comics by Gardner Fox and Mike Sekowsky as an antagonist for the Justice League of America. He made his first appearance in Justice League #6 which was ...
Amos Fortune is a villain obsessed with luck who founded and led the Royal Flush Gang at an early age. A gang consisting of Amos' "body guards" from the days he gambled at school.
The family returned to the U.S. in 1939 and settled in New Hampshire. Yates won the Newbery Award in 1951 for her book, Amos Fortune, Free Man, a biography of an African prince who is enslaved and taken to America. Yates conducted writer's workshops at the University of New Hampshire, the University of Connecticut, and Indiana University.
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Amos Fortune is a persistent Justice League villain who used several luck-based ploys, like the Royal Flush Gang, the Luck League and the Tarot Gang. × Search Comics, Titles, Creators & More
