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Amos Fortune (c. 1710-1801) was a slave brought to colonial America from Africa. At age 60, he was able to purchase his freedom and that of his wife, and set up a tannery in Jaffrey, New Hampshire. He was the subject of an award-winning biographical novel written by Elizabeth Yates in 1950.

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He was born around 1710, the son of the king of the at mun she tribe, in Africa.

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