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Author:

Nelson, Marilyn, 1946-

Title:

Fortune's bones : the manumission requiem / Marilyn Nelson ; notes and annotations by Pamela Espeland.

Publisher:

Front Street,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

32 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. map ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Slaves--Poetry.
Slavery--Poetry.
Connecticut--Poetry.
African Americans--Poetry.
Young adult poetry, American.
Juvenile materials.
Slaves--Poetry.
Slavery--Poetry.
Connecticut--Poetry.
African Americans--Poetry.
Young adult poetry.

Other Authors:

Espeland, Pamela, 1951-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 32).

Contents:

Preface -- Spoken -- Dinah's lament -- Contralto -- On Abrigador Hill -- Baritone I and choir -- Kyrie of the bones -- Choir with solos -- Not my bones -- Baritone II with choir -- Sanctus -- Choir -- Afterword -- Notes and sources.

Summary:

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. There is a skeleton on display in the Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury, Connecticut. It has been in the town for over 200 years. Over time, the bones became the subject of stories and speculation in Waterbury. In 1996 a group of community-based volunteers, working in collaboration with the museum staff, discovered that the bones were those of a slave named Fortune who had been owned by a local doctor. After Fortune's death, the doctor dissected the body, rendered the bones, and assembled the skeleton. A great deal is still not known about Fortune, but it is known that he was baptized, was married, and had four children. He died at about the age of 60, sometime after 1797.

ISBN:

9781932425123 (alk. paper)
1932425128 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)54685703

LCCN:

2004046917

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

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ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PHAX277 -- Graceland University - Frederick Madison Smith Library (Lamoni)

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HRPE845 -- Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)

WHPE115 -- Storm Lake Public Library (Storm Lake)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

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