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Title Statement | The book of Negroes / Lawrence Hill. |
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Author | Hill, Lawrence, 1957- |
Publication | Toronto: HarperCollins, 2011, c2007. |
Edition | Harper Perennial trade pbk. ed. |
Extent of Item | 533, 28 p. |
ISBN | 144340909X (pbk.) 9781443409094 (pbk.) |
Other Number | 2312565 |
General Notes | Includes P.S. insights, interviews & more. "Harper Perennial". |
Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references (p. [527]-530). |
Summary | Kidnapped at the age of 11 by British slavers, Aminata survives the Middle Passage and is reunited in South Carolina with Chekura, a boy from a village near hers. Her story gets entwined with his, and with those of her owners: nasty indigo producer Robinson Appleby and, later, Jewish duty inspector Solomon Lindo. During her long life of struggle, she does what she can to free herself and others from slavery, including learning to read and teaching others to, and befriending anyone who can help her, black or white. |
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By Topic | Slavery--Fiction |
Slaves--Fiction--United States | |
African American loyalists--Fiction | |
Black loyalists--Fiction--Nova Scotia | |
African American loyalists--Fiction--Sierra Leone | |
Antislavery movements--Fiction--Great Britain | |
By Location | United States--Fiction--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 |
By Genre | Historical fiction |