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Hill, Lawrence, 1957-
Subjects
Slavery -- Fiction.
Slaves -- United States -- Fiction.
Loyalists, Black -- Nova Scotia -- Fiction.
Loyalists, Black -- Sierra Leone -- Fiction.
Antislavery movements -- Great Britain -- Fiction.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Fiction.
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Hill, Lawrence, 1957-
Slavery -- Fiction.
Slaves -- United States -- Fiction.
Loyalists, Black -- Nova Scotia -- Fiction.
Loyalists, Black -- Sierra Leone -- Fiction.
Antislavery movements -- Great Britain -- Fiction.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Fiction.
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The book of negroes : a novel / Lawrence Hill.
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Hill, Lawrence, 1957-
HarperCollins, c2007.
Call #:
FICTION HIL
Subjects
Slavery -- Fiction.
Slaves -- United States -- Fiction.
Loyalists, Black -- Nova Scotia -- Fiction.
Loyalists, Black -- Sierra Leone -- Fiction.
Antislavery movements -- Great Britain -- Fiction.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Fiction.
Series
Canada reads ; 2009.
ISBN:
9781443408981(pbk.)
9781443442107 (2014 HarperPerennial movie tie-in trade pbk.)
9781443409094 (2011 HarperPerennial trade pbk.)
9781554681563 (trade pbk.)
9780002255073
0002255073
Alternate title:
Someone
knows
my
name
.
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
486 p. 23 cm.
Notes:
Published in the United States under the title: "
Someone
knows
my
name
".
Summary:
"Abducted as an 11-year-old child from her village in West Africa and forced to walk for months to the sea in a coffle—a string of slaves— Aminata Diallo is sent to live as a slave in South Carolina. But years later, she forges her way to freedom, serving the British in the Revolutionary War and registering her
name
in the historic “Book of Negroes.” This book, an actual document, provides a short but immensely revealing record of freed Loyalist slaves who requested permission to leave the US for resettlement in Nova Scotia, only to find that the haven they sought was steeped in an oppression all of its own. Aminata’s eventual return to Sierra Leone—passing ships carrying thousands of slaves bound for America—is an engrossing account of an obscure but important chapter in history that saw 1,200 former slaves embark on a harrowing back-to-Africa odyssey."--HarperCollins Canada.
Awards:
Winner of the Canada Reads Competition, 2009.
Genre:
Black fiction
Canadian fiction.
Historical fiction.
Holds:
3
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Bedford Public Library
Adult Black Fiction
FICTION HIL
Adult Trade Paperback Books
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Jul 20, 2024
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Adult Black Fiction
FICTION HIL
Adult Trade Paperback Books
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Musquodoboit Harbour Public Library
Adult Black Fiction
FICTION HIL
Adult Trade Paperback Books
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