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A party with a tribe
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. -
Captures by slaved
At 15 he was captured by slave traders where he was brought to Massachusetts where he was sold at an auction. -
Amos gets bought
Amos was sold to Mr. Ichabod Richardson -
Amos makes a bargain
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. -
Tea was dumped in the Boston Harbor
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. -
Amos purchased his freedom
In an October in 1775, Amos purchased the freedom of his soon to be wife for 20 pounds. -
Amos buys his other wife
Amos bought he OTHER soon to be wife for 50 pounds. -
Amos buys his 3rd wife and her daughter.
Amos bought Violet and her daughter Celyndia for 50 pounds. -
Amos gets married
Amos Fortune and Violet Baldwin got married. -
Amos is going to Keene, New Hampshire.
Amos drove the remaining miles from Woburn to Keene, New Hampshire -
Amos became a land owner
In Amos' 80th year he became a land owner in his own right and one of his life's long dreams was fulfilled. -
Amos is at Jaffrey
Amos and Violet arrived at Jaffrey, New Hampshire. -
Amos gets land
Mr. Ainsworth gives Amos land for free and Amos said he would make a pair of shoes of breeches for Ainsworth's children. -
Violet buries Amos' kettle
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
Amos bought Polly Burdoo for 5 pounds 18s but she would always stare off into the unknown. -
Polly Burdoo dies
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 dies
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
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.