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At-mun and his village dance when the time to plant corn comes. -
At-mun and his village gets captured by slavers. At-mun tries to protect himself and his sister. -
When At-mun finally arrives at his destination, the auction, he is sold to Caleb Copeland. Then brought to his new home. The Copelands were against slavery so At-mun would have a good environment. At-mun would work there for 15 years. -
At the auction, the auctioneer said you should call him Amos for a good Christian name. -
After 15 years, Caleb died and everyone is devastated. Since Caleb died, Amos had to be sold at the auction. -
When Amos is sent to the auction, Ichabod Richardson buys Amos at the auction. Ichabod is also against slavery, so no severe punishment would be made. -
In 1763, Amos would be freed six years later. And he was, free as a feather floating in the wind. -
Lois Burdoo had been getting the town's help for years. She was poor and had children that would have to be auctioned for. Amos hired two of Lois's sons to work at his tannery and bought Polly, Lois's daughter, at the auction. Polly was weak and always seemed to stare off in space. Amos bought her for a year, but she died within a little less than a year. -
Amos bought Lily for 20 pounds from Mr. Twombly. Lily was sick and wouldn't live for much longer but, Amos wanted her to die free. Lily died in a little less than a year, but she died free. -
Lydia lasted a full year before dying. Amos loved her dearly, but since she died free, he felt peace in his heart. -
Violet was strong and young, so she would live much longer than Amos's other two wives. First Amos would have to travel to Keene so he could pick her up. -
Whenever Amos, Violet, and Celyndia got to Jaffrey, the constable there just thought that Amos was just passing through the town but soon realized that they weren't. Amos walked up to the constable and asked if the town needed a tannery. The constable said that the town didn't have any good tanners nearby but the town won't help with any money issues, and would be warned out of town. -
Amos had been saving up for Violet, and when he was able to buy her, they would move to Jaffrey, hoping to establish a tannery there. -
Amos was really mad that the money was hidden, so he decides to sleep on mount Monadnock. When morning came, Amos was awakened by something, then he hears a loud roar, he knew that he should not help Lois. -
Almost all of the summer Amos and Violet were working on the cabin and tannery and found land that they could build on for free from the parson, who was super nice. -
Lois Burdoo was a lady in the town that was very poor and Amos, being the nice man that he was, decided that he would give all of his money to her. Violet heard this and did not want him to do that, so she hid the iron kettle in the woods. -
Amos was losing his strength and felt that it was time to write his will. He goes to the deacon and donates 100 pounds to the church, and the rest of the money that he brought, to the school. He dies soon after he writes his will.