Amos Fortune, Free Man is a biographical novel by Elizabeth Yates that won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1951.

At-mun is kidnapped, transported to America via the White Falcon (a slave ship), and sold in New England.

Later he marries another African woman named Lydia, and it takes three more years to save up her freedom price.

Amos Fortune (c. 1710–1801) was born in Africa, sold into slavery and eventually freed at the age of 60.

Fortune worked hard to develop his tannery in the town of Jaffrey, New Hampshire, and became a valued member of the community there.

[2][3] Peter Lambert's booklet Amos Fortune: The Man and His Legacy distinguishes the known historical facts from the dramatic events of the novel.