The Book of Negroes View Online By Lawrence Hill
| Title | : | The Book of Negroes |
| Author | : | Lawrence Hill |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Page | : | 512 pages |
| ISBN | : | 0393351394 |
Abducted from Africa as a child and enslaved in South Carolina, Aminata Diallo thinks only of freedom and of the knowledge she needs to get home Sold to an indigo trader who recognizes her intelligence, Aminata is torn from her husband and child and thrown into the chaos of the Revolutionary War In Manhattan, Aminata helps pen the Book of Negroes, a list of blacks reward Abducted from Africa as a child and enslaved in South Carolina, Aminata Diallo thinks only of freedom and of the knowledge she needs to get home Sold to an indigo trader who recognizes her intelligence, Aminata is torn from her husband and child and thrown into the chaos of the Revolutionary War In Manhattan, Aminata helps pen the Book of Negroes, a list of blacks rewarded for service to the king with safe passage to Nova Scotia There Aminata finds a life of hardship and stinging prejudice When the British abolitionists come looking for adventurers to create a new colony in Sierra Leone, Aminata assists in moving 1,200 Nova Scotians to Africa and aiding the abolitionist cause by revealing the realities of slavery to the British public This captivating story of one woman s remarkable experience spans six decades and three continents and brings to life a crucial chapter in world history
about Author
Lawrence Hill is a journalist and novelist.His third novel, published as The Book of Negroes in Canada and Someone Knows My Name elsewhere, won the 2008 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book and the 2007 Rogers Writers Trust Fiction Prize.
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Abducted from Africa as a child and enslaved in South Carolina, Aminata Diallo thinks only of freedom and of the knowledge she needs to get home Sold
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