The Book of Negroes

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Based on a true story, The Book of Negroes tells the story of Aminata, a young girl abducted from her village in Mali aged 11 in 1755, and who, after a deathly journey on a slave ship where she witnesses the brutal repression of a slave revolt, is sold to a plantation owner in South Carolina, who rapes her She is brought to New York, where she escapes her owner, and finds herself helping the British by recording all the freed slaves on the British side in the Revolutionary War in The Book of Negroes a real historical document that can be found today at the National Archives at Kew.Aminata is sent to Nova Scotia to start a new life, but finds hostility, oppression and tragedy Separated from her one true love, and suffering the unimaginable loss of both her children who are taken away from her, she eventually joins a group of freed slaves on a harrowing odyssey back to Africa, and ends up in London as a living icon for Wilberforce and the other Abolitionists The Book of Negroes is a pageturning narrative that manages to use Aminata s heart rending personal story to bring to life a harrowing chapter in our history. Free Read The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr International title Someone Knows My Name It s 1802 and Aminata Diallo, now an old woman, sits down to write her life story at the request of the Abolitionists in London Abducted from her village in West Africa at the age of eleven and marched in a coffle a string of slaves for three months before reaching the coast, Aminata survives the voyage to America and ends up sold to an indigo plantation owner in South Carolina She describes herself as lucky, because compared to the tragic...This is a book where the plot is centered around slavery, but the book isn t really about slavery The story is really about a woman and the hardships she went through Aminata was an incredible protagonist, and I wishpeople could be like her.It is a fantastic book, and I highly recommend that everyone read it It has really made me want to pick upbooks that focus specifically on different cultures, as it really opened my eyes to how brutal some parts of the world were and still are This is a book where the plot is centered around slavery, but the book isn t really about slavery The story is really about a woman and the hardships she went through Aminata was an incredible protagonist, and I wishpeople could be like her.It is a fantastic book, and I highly recommend that everyone read it It has really made me want to pick upbooks...UPDATE 1.99 Kindle special today It s soooooooo GOOD Lisi my best friend since Jr High School Thank you for last week end NOTE If you have received your mail, I have started this book which you told me I MUST MUST read I started it this morning WOW.I m hooked already WONDERFUL just as you said Thanks Ilyce luv, ya Hi to Ken WOW I could not stop thinking about this story ev UPDATE 1.99 Kindle special today It s soooooooo GOOD Lisi my best friend since Jr High School Thank you for last week end NOTE If you have received your mai...This is definitely the best book I read in 2011 and one I will remember for a long time Aminata Diallo is such a powerful character, a woman who had to deal with so much in her life but came out with a small victory in the end Slavery is so...Abducted by slave traders as a young child, Aminata is a survivor She is taken so far from home that her ultimate vow is to get back This is her powerful story that will make you laugh, tear and jump for joy all at the same time Powerful Moving Memorable The Book of Negroes will stay with you long after you have read it.I couldn t put this one down I know it seems like such a daunting read and the font is tiny, but trust me, you ll fly through this There are times it s heart breaking, so Abducted by slave traders as a young child, Aminata is a survivor She is taken so far from home that her ultimate vow is to get back This is her powerful story that will make you laugh, tear and jump for joy all at the same time Powerful Moving Memorable The Book of Negroes will stay with you long after you have read it.I couldn t put this one down I know it seems like such a daunting read and the font is ti...EVERYBODY PLEASE READ THIS BOOK NOW I felt a whole range of emotions when reading this book I can t even form a complete review to give Hill s novel justice However, I will say that this is the type of book that demands to be read andimportantly, to reach a vast readership It demands that you sit down and put your WHOLE heart into reading this novel I say this because the story within this book s covers doesn t fully release the reader until they have hit the last page and every EVERYBODY PLEASE READ THIS BOOK NOW I felt a whole range of emotions when reading this book I can t even form a complete review to give Hill s novel justice However, I will say that this is the type of book that demands to be read andimportantly, to reach a vast readership It demands that you sit down and put your WHOLE heart into reading this novel I say this because the story within this book s covers doesn t fully release the reader until they have hit the last page and every emotion one could ever think to be experience has been touched upon.Yet, when I read this book, it begged me as a reader to do so in small increments because I felt as if I was making the same painful journey into slavery that Aminata Diallo is thrust into at the mere age of eleven years old Out of frustration and anger, I turned to Where d You Go Bernadette to cleanse my pallet before I could continue in between each section of the novel the novel is divided into four parts as Amin...My expectations were set really high for this one It sat proudly at the top of my to read pile with an imposing 4.40 average across close to 1400 ratings.Now, I m not one of those dinks who look to read popular novels see Da Vinci Code pinheads just so they can turn their haughty noses up on them and knock down averages , but I m afraid my rating will knock this average down just a notch Not because I m a pinhead, but becauseThe Book of Negroes lacks what I need in a novel.Time and again, wh My expectations were set really high for this one It sat proudly at the top of my to read pile with an imposing 4.40 average across close to 1400 ratings.Now, I m not one of those dinks who look to read popular novels see Da Vinci Code pinheads just so they can turn their haughty noses up on them and knock down averages , but I m afraid my rating will knock this average down just a notch Not because I m a pinhead, but becauseThe Book of Negroes lacks what I need in a n...Update 2 This just in from BOOK NEWS Lawrence Hill s bestselling novel The Book of Negroes is set to be adapted for film thanks to a chance meeting in a Toronto bookstoreThe Book of Negroesby Lawrence Hill tops .ca books list for the week ending June 16, 2009Larry s extensive research and plain great story telling are only two of the reasons why it was Longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize the winner of The Rogers Writers Tru Update 2 This just in from BOOK NEWS Lawrence Hill s bestselling novel The Book of Negroes is set to be adapted for film thanks to a chance meeting in a Toronto bookstoreThe Book of Negroesby Lawrence Hill tops .ca books list for the week en...This book was obviously sad and depressing given the topic, but it was also fascinating There was so much history I was unfamiliar with, especially about slavery in Nova Scotia and and the return of ex slaves to Sierra Leone At t...My family is anti conditions of blacks in the American south type of literature I was taught to avoid being one of those black people who obsess over slavery and focus on our future Being born in Canada and growing up in an East African West Indian family, there was a belief that the American slave experience was somehow not our experience With that said, the only reason I read this book is because the author is from Canada Shallow, but true The story is told in retrospect through the e My family is anti conditions of blacks in the American south type of literature I was taught to avoid being one of those black people who obsess over slavery and focus on our future Being born in Canada and growing up in an East African West Indian family, there was a belief that the American slave experience was somehow not our experience With that said, the only reason I read this book is because the author is from Canada Shallow, but true The story is told in retrospect through the eyes of the main character, Aminata Her character is complex She is a strong woman, yet she worries about her appearance and acceptance, at times she questions herself, she feels tenderness for her loved ones, she feels fear and sadness To her benefit and at times to her de...

The Book of Negroes
  • English
  • 12 October 2017
  • Paperback
  • 470 pages
  • 0393351394
  • Lawrence Hill
  • The Book of Negroes