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1. • • Amos Fortune (c.1710-1801) was a prominent tanner, bookbinder, and philanthropist who bought his freedom in colonial New England as an African-American man. A survivor of the trans-continental slave trade, Fortune was captured in Africa and trafficked to America around 1725 at the age of 15.
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   • 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.

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   Is Amos Fortune based on a true story?

   • Amos Fortune, Free Man is a children’s novel set during the American Revolutionary War era. Its consideration of freedom and exploration of indentured servitude overlap to a degree with Esther Forbes’ 1943 Johnny Tremain, which follows the life of a teenaged silversmith’s apprentice living in Boston in the years leading up to the war.

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   • Amos Fortune's life illustrates the triumph of a patient and peaceful man who deeply values freedom, responsibility, and the respect each human being owes to others. Amos's love for the earth, whether in Africa or in New England, is inspiring.

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   Where can I find a biography of Amos Fortune?

   • Written with teachers in mind this book compares the historical record with fictional accounts of Fortune’s life, notably Elizabeth Yates’ well-known children’s book, Amos Fortune, Free Man available from the Toadstool Book Store. Another source is the American National Biography published in 1999 by the Oxford University Press.

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   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.

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   Amos Fortune, Free Man is a children’s novel set during the American Revolutionary War era. Its consideration of freedom and exploration of indentured servitude overlap to a degree with Esther Forbes’ 1943 Johnny Tremain , which follows the life of a teenaged silversmith’s apprentice living in Boston in the years leading up to the war.

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   Jun 28, 2021 · “Sacred to the memory of Amos Fortune, who was born free in Africa, a slave in America, he purchased liberty, professed Christianity, lived reputably, and died hopefully, November 17,1801, AET 91.” He was captured at age 15 in Africa, brought to Boston and sold into slavery.

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   Who Was Amos Fortune? A mos Fortune, an exemplary citizen of colonial New England, was born in the early 1700s in Africa and came to this country as a slave. A tanner by profession, Fortune bought his freedom and that of his two wives. At the age of 71, he left Massachusetts and moved to Jaffrey with his second wife to start a tanning business.

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   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 dies free in Jaffrey, New Hampshire, in 1801.

   • Author: Elizabeth Yates

   • Publish Year: 1950

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    Amos Fortune (c.1710-1801) was a prominent tanner, bookbinder, and philanthropist who bought his freedom in colonial New England as an African-American man. A survivor of the trans-continental slave trade, Fortune was captured in Africa and trafficked to America around 1725 at the age of 15.

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    Amos Fortune: Free Man is based on the true story of a man who was born in Africa, captured by slaves when he was fifteen, sold as a slave in America, and freed when he was fifty-nine....