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Fortune's Bones

The Manumission Requiem

by Marilyn Nelson
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Winner of the Coretta Scott King Book Award
For young readers comes a poetic commemoration of the life of an 18th-century slave, from a past poet laureate and three-time National Book Award finalist

For over 200 years, the Mattatuck Museum in Connecticut has housed a mysterious skeleton. In 1996, community members decided to find out what they could about it. Historians discovered that the bones were those of an enslaved man named Fortune, who was owned by a local doctor. After Fortune’s death, the doctor rendered the bones.
Further research revealed that Fortune had married, had fathered four children, and had been baptized later in life. His bones suggest that after a life of arduous labor, he died in 1798 at about the age of 60. The Manumission Requiem is Marilyn Nelson’s poetic commemoration of Fortune’s life. Detailed notes and archival photographs enhance the reader’s appreciation of the poem.

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  • Release date

    August 1, 2016

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

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      • ISBN: 9781629795881
      • File size: 7458 KB

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781629795881
      • File size: 7458 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 5.6
    • Lexile® Measure: 0
    • Interest Level: 4-8(MG)
    • Text Difficulty: 4

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Formats

  • Kindle Book
  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook

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Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:5.6
  • Lexile® Measure:0
  • Interest Level:4-8(MG)
  • Text Difficulty:4

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