The book of negroes
Title
:
The book of negroes
Personal Author EPSB
:
Lawrence, Hill
Summary
:
When Aminate Diallo sits down to pen the story of her life in London, England, at the dawn of the nineteenth century, she has a world of experience behind her. Abducted from her village in West Africa as an eleven-year-old child and forced to walk for months to the sea and then sold into slaverly in the United States. Eventually, she has the chance to register her name in the "Book of Negroes" a historic British military ledger allowing 3000 Black Loyalists passage on ships sailing from Manhattan to Nova Scotia. This is just the beginning of her journey.
Year Published
:
2007
Physical Description
:
486 p. ; 23 cm.
Note
:
Also published in the US titled: Someone knows my name.
Grade Interest level
:
All Secondary
Subject
:
Slavery -- Fiction.
Slaves -- United States -- Fiction.
African American loyalists -- Fiction.
African American loyalists -- Sierra Leone -- Fiction.
Antislavery movements -- Great Britain -- Fiction.
Geographic Term
:
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Fiction.
Genre
:
Canadian fiction.
Historical fiction.
Added Title
:
Someone knows my name.
Summary
:
When Aminate Diallo sits down to pen the story of her life in London, England, at the dawn of the nineteenth century, she has a world of experience behind her. Abducted from her village in West Africa as an eleven-year-old child and forced to walk for months to the sea and then sold into slaverly in the United States. Eventually, she has the chance to register her name in the "Book of Negroes" a historic British military ledger allowing 3000 Black Loyalists passage on ships sailing from Manhattan to Nova Scotia. This is just the beginning of her journey.
ISBN
:
9781554681563
9781443409094
9780393333091
9781443408981
9780393351392
Publisher
:
Toronto : HarperCollins, 2007.
New York : W. W. Norton, 2015.
©2007
| Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
|---|
| Jasper Place | F HIL | Book | 30071000627583 | Fiction |
| Jasper Place | F HIL | Book | 30071000630637 | Fiction |