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Amos Fortune, Free Man

By: Elizabeth Yates
Narrated by: Roslyn Ruff
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A Newbery Medal Winner

When Amos Fortune was only fifteen years old, he was captured by slave traders and brought to Massachusetts, where he was sold at auction. Although his freedom had been taken, Amos never lost his dinity and courage. For 45 years, Amos worked as a slave and dreamed of freedom. And, at age 60, he finally began to see those dreams come true.

"The moving story of a life dedicated to the fight for freedom."—Booklist Biographies Black & African American Cultural Heritage Difficult Discussions Growing Up & Facts of Life Historical Historical Fiction Literature & Fiction Multicultural Stories Nonfiction Freedom

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"The moving story of a life dedicated to the fight for freedom."—Booklist
Inspiring Story • Historical Significance • Soothing Voice • Captivating Narrative • Meaningful Message

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I loved this book!! I thought is was carried out very well and that the author did an amazing job at this!

Loved this book!!

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I love this book what an amazing book
I’m in 7th grade and I learned a lot from this book.

WOW

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This was an excellent book that I highly recommend. A beautiful story about a kind, humble, giving Christian man who overcame an adverse start in early life. My daughter has to read this book the coming school year and I thought I'd pre read it to see what it was about. Wonderful narration by Roslyn Ruff. An excellent read!

Excellent book!

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Excellent true story, told with dignity and clarity. Amos Fortune was an example to us all of how to be, as he lived with honesty, diligence, compassion, and faith in God, overcoming adversity of many kinds.

A Free and Noble Man

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This is such an AMAZING BOOK!! Roslyn Ruff your voice is so soothing, I almost fell asleep. Elisabeth Yates your writing is so incredible, I felt like I was in the book. I was so interested in this book and I would totally read it again!!

LOVE LOVE LOVE ❤️

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