The Book of Negroes

The Book Of Negroes

Historical fiction winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Overall Book

The Book of Negroes by Hill, Lawrence (2010)

Lawrence Hill

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HarperCollins, Publishers

In this captivating novel, Hill portrays Aminata Diallo -- the heroine of Lawrence Hill's SOMEONE KNOWS MY NAME. The tale of an 18th-century woman's life, spanning six decades and three continents. A work of the soul and imagination. Aminata is kidnapped from Africa and taken back and forth across the ocean.Enslaved on a South Carolina plantation, Aminata works in the indigo fields and as a midwife. When she is bought, the chaos of the Revolutionary War allows her to escape. In Manhattan, she writes Book of Negroes, a list of blacks rewarded for wartime service to the King with safe passage to Nova Scotia. During her travels in Canada, Sierra Leone, and England, Aminata strives for her freedom.

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Book of Negroes

This beautiful full-colour gift edition of the new Canadian classic, The Book of Negroes, shares with readers the many photos, works of art and documents that inspired Lawrence Hill to create his award-winning work. It adds to the novel more than 150 images: early maps and documents, archival photos, period paintings and neverbefore-published pages from the original handwritten ledger from which the novel draws its name. Readers will travel with Aminata Diallo from a West African village to an indigo plantation in South Carolina, through the tough streets of New York City and the harsh climate of Nova Scotia to the coast of Sierra Leone, and finally to an abolitionist's home in London. A holiday gift to treasure, this keepsake edition is essential for any booklover's collection.

The Book Of Negroes: Illustrated Edition

Harpercollins Canada

El libro mayor de los negros cuenta la historia de Aminata Diallo, una joven que fue secuestrada en Bayo, su aldea natal en Africa, por traficantes de esclavos. Ahi empieza su largo camino hacia la libertad, entre hombres encadenados enviados por barco a la naciente nacion de los Estados Unidos de Norteamerica, amos que se imponian por medio de la violencia y el crimen por encima de otros seres humanos, a quienes consideraban inferiores. Asi, la vida de una mujer se vuelve el resumen de una epoca: en sus penas y esfuerzos diarios, en sus perdidas y sus pequenas conquistas, resuenan los de millones de personas privadas de libertad. Un espiritu que permanece fiel a sus principios aun en las circunstancias mas terribles. Un personaje que se vuelve entranable para los lectores. Una mujer inteligente para ganarse la confianza de los blancos, fuerte para amar a los suyos sin importar la distancia y firme en su lucha por recuperar lo que un dia le fue arrebatado.

El libro mayor de los negros (Spanish Edition)

Literature & Fiction

United States

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