Also published as: The Book Of Negroes

Author: Lawrence Hill Year: 2007 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Historical fiction, Fiction, Award winners Cultures: Canada, Africa Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Amazon LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780393333091

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. Similar books: Clara Callan by Richard B. Wright The Moor's Account by Laila Lalami Galore by Michael Crummey The In-Between World of Vikram Lall by M. G. Vassanji A Student of Weather by Elizabeth Hay Black Mamba Boy by Nadifa Mohamed Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi Washington Black by Esi Edugyan Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez Song Yet Sung by James McBride The Help by Kathryn Stockett A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini Small Island by Andrea Levy Underworld by Don DeLillo The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin