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At-mun and the At-mun-shi tribe had a party in an equatorial forest. There were beating wooden drums and blowing in flutes. Over and over, "Earth our mother, Sun our father, Watch while we plant. Moon our sister, Rain our brother, Aid the seeds to bear fruit That the harvest may be good, Enough for us and our children" over and over as a family. -
At 15 he was captured by slave traders where he was brought to Massachusetts where he was sold at an auction. -
Amos was sold to Mr. Ichabod Richardson -
On an December evening in 1763, Amos made a bargain with his master, agreeing to all Mr. Richardson's reasonable conditions. Insisting that 6 years from that date he was to be a free man. -
On a December day in 1773 tea was dumped in Boston Harbor because the colonists refused to pay a tax when they had no representation in Parliament. -
In an October in 1775, Amos purchased the freedom of his soon to be wife for 20 pounds. -
Amos bought he OTHER soon to be wife for 50 pounds. -
Amos bought Violet and her daughter Celyndia for 50 pounds. -
Amos Fortune and Violet Baldwin got married. -
Amos drove the remaining miles from Woburn to Keene, New Hampshire -
In Amos' 80th year he became a land owner in his own right and one of his life's long dreams was fulfilled. -
Amos and Violet arrived at Jaffrey, New Hampshire. -
Mr. Ainsworth gives Amos land for free and Amos said he would make a pair of shoes of breeches for Ainsworth's children. -
Violet took the iron kettle from the ashes of the hearth and buried it in the woods marking the spot well but marking it so that only she would know it. -
Amos bought Polly Burdoo for 5 pounds 18s but she would always stare off into the unknown. -
Polly asked Amos to hold her up, but feeling she was so light as a flower on its stalk he knew it was her time. -
Amos died. Clear on his gravestone it says "Sacred to the memory of Amos Fortune who was born free in Africa a slave in America he purchased liberty professed Christianity lived reputably. -
Violet dies and on her gravestone it says " To the memory of Violet by sale the slave of Amos Fortune by marriage his wife by her fidelity his friend and solace she died his widow.