Amos Fortune, Free Man

By: Elizabeth Yates

Narrated by: Roslyn Ruff

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

Critic reviews

Praise for Amos Fortune, Free Man

"The moving story of a life dedicated to the fight for freedom."—Booklist

WOW

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

Loved this book!!

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

Excellent book!

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!

A Free and Noble Man

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.

LOVE LOVE LOVE ❤️

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!!