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Amos Fortune, Free Man is a short autobiographical novel about an African slave who is taken to America and, though patience and determination, wins his own freedom and establishes a quiet, content life for himself.

This work of literature, intended for younger readers, won the Newbery Medal (for children's literature) in 1951, the year after it was published. Since then, it has been a common book for schools to assign younger students on account of its pleasant portrayal of an African who took his life in his own hands and made the most of his situation, as well its accessible and entertaining style of prose.

The book is cited as a "biographical novel," and that's an accurate description.

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