Fortune’s Bones: The Manumission Requiem
By Marilyn Nelson
Publisher
Front Street
Imprint
Front Street
ISBN
By Marilyn Nelson
1932425128
Fortune’s Bones: The Manumission Requiem
9
Out of stock
SKU
9781932425123J
Fortune was a slave who lived in Waterbury, Connecticut, during the late 1700s. Dr. Porter, the physician who owned him, specialized in setting broken bones. When Fortune died, Dr. Porter preserved his skeleton in order to study it. This requiem honors Fortune’s life and poses questions about the path his skeleton took to its present resting place at the Mattatuck Museum in Connecticut. Afterword. Notes and sources.
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