Calgary Public Library

The book of negroes, [a novel], Lawrence Hill

Type
Label
The book of negroes, [a novel], Lawrence Hill
Language
eng
Main title
The book of negroes
Medium
talking book daisy
Responsibility statement
Lawrence Hill
Sub title
[a novel]
Summary
Abducted as an 11-year-old child from her village in West Africa, Aminata Diallo is sent to live as a slave in South Carolina. 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", a record of freed Loyalist slaves who resettled in Nova Scotia, only to find that the haven they sought was steeped in an oppression all its own. Some descriptions of sex and violence
resource.variantTitle
Someone knows my name, [talking book daisy]
Contributor
Creator
Subject

Incoming Resources

  • Has instance
    1

Outgoing Resources