Sold to an indigo trader who recognizes her intelligence, aminata is torn from her husband and child and thrown into the chaos of. Free download or read online the book of negroes pdf epub book. The book of negroes lawrence hill snippet view 2007. This exploration begins at the onset of the abolition period in europe and details her account in the transatlantic slave trade. The book of negroes won several awards including the rogers writers trust fiction prize. A sweeping story that transports the reader from a tribal african village to a plantation in the southern united states, from the teeming halifax docks to the manor houses of london, the book of negroes introduces one of the strongest female characters in canadian fiction, one who cuts a swath through a world hostile to her colour and her sex. The british transported some 3,000 black loyalists to nova scotia for resettlement, documenting their names in. It was the winning selection for cbc radios canada reads 2009, in which journalist avi lewis championed the novel.
The book of negroes is a historical novel by lawrence hill that tells the story of aminata diallo, a black woman who is taken from her village in africa and sold into slavery in america. The book of negroes won the 2007 rogers writers trust fiction prize and the 2008 commonwealth writers prize. Aug 16, 2016 the book of negroes is now available as a digital audiobook in canada, published by harpercollins. Someone knows my name wguest author lawrence hill book club. Based on a true story, the book of negroes tells the story of aminata, a young girl. Lawrence hill is not an 18thcentury survivor of the middle passage but a 21stcentury mixedrace canadian. The book of negroes watch the entire series online. Click download or read online button to get the book of negroes free ebook book now. The book of negroes aka someone knows my name lawrence. Download the book of negroes historical guide and enjoy it on your iphone, ipad, and ipod touch. Ebook the book of negroes as pdf download portable. Hills fictional works include some great thing, any known blood,the book of negroes, and the illegal. Hills third novel, it is a work of historical fiction inspired by the document called the book of negroes, a list of black loyalists who fled. This is a slave narrative deeply rooted in fact but skillfully cultivated into fiction.
This interactive companion outlines the history of the transatlantic slave trade and how this is reflected and examined in lawrence hills awardwinning novel and bet television miniseries, the book of negroes. Kidnapped in africa and subsequently enslaved in south carolina, aminata must navigate a revolution in new york, isolation in nova scotia, and the treacherous jungles of sierra leone, in an attempt to secure her freedom in the eighteenth century. The audiobook is performed by khadijah robertsabdullah. Download the book of negroes historical guide and enjoy it on your. Read the book of negroes a novel by lawrence hill available from rakuten kobo. The book was inspired by the british freeing and evacuation of former slaves, known as black loyalists, who had left rebel masters during the american revolutionary war. The book of negroes, by lawrence hill the independent. The book of negroes by lawrence hill overdrive rakuten.
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