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Amos Fortune, free man
Elizabeth Yates; illustrated by Nora S. Unwin
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Puffin Books, 1989, c1950.
ISBN: 0140341587   DDC: 974.400496073024   LCC: E185.97  

Summary:

The life of the eighteenth-century African prince who, after being
captured by slave traders, was brought to Massachusetts where he was
a slave until he was able to buy his freedom at the age of sixty.

Notes:

Reprint. Originally published: New York: Dutton, 1950.

"A Newbery Award book"--P. [4] of cover.

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Dewey Class: 974.400496073024 -- General history of North America Northeastern United States
LCC Number: E185.97

Book Details:

Language: eng
Physical Description: 181 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

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Libraries this book has an entry in:

•  Boulder Public Library (Boulder, CO) (last modified on 09/27/2008)
•  North Carolina (Western) Database (last modified on 07/30/2008)
•  Library of Congress (last modified on 04/22/2007)
•  Purdue University Library (last modified on 12/17/2006)
•  Minneapolis Public Library (last modified on 10/31/2006)
•  Indiana University (last modified on 02/29/2004)

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