Fortune's bones : the manumission requiem / Marilyn Nelson ; notes and annotations by Pamela Espeland.
Fortune was a slave who lived in Waterbury, Conn., in the late 1700s. He was married and the father of 4 children. When Fortune died in 1798, his master, Dr. Porter, preserved his skeleton to further the study of anatomy. Now the skeleton is in the Mattatuck Museum where it is still being studied. T...
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| Language: | English |
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Asheville, N.C. :
Front Street,
[2004]
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Main Collection
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PS3573.A4795 F64 2004 |
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| Status: | Available Request this item |