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Author: Elizabeth Yates
List: John Newbery Medal
Genre: Historical Fiction

Amos Fortune, Free Man

By Elizabeth Yates

Captured by slavers, Amos, son of an African king, survives the long ocean voyage only to be sold to a New England Quaker. After years of serving and learning from others, Amos buys his own freedom, sets up his own business, and begins to buy and set free other slaves.
- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1951 (Medal Winner)
- ISBN: 9780525255703

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