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S'està carregant… The Book of Negroes (2007)de Lawrence Hill
  
» 15 més Five star books (217) Books Set in Canada (30) Black Authors (83) Favourite Books (1,189) Books Read in 2016 (4,336) My favourite books (95) 5 Best 5 Years (26) No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. An incredible first person account of a black woman's journey from when she is abducted from her home village in Africa to her travels on a slave ship and her work on an Indigo plantation. An accurate portrayal of the time and the era. Shocking perhaps to modern readers. Vividly portrayed by the narrator the story really comes alive. (  ) charlie68 | Sep 3, 2022 |  I was quite impressed with this book. It had very disturbing parts but it was well written. I "read" it in audiobook format and the reader was very good, also. What a great story and I am very glad I read it. (  ) Wren73 | Mar 4, 2022 | Great insight into the slave trade and subsequent trials of Black people, even after the Civil War. I never thought about Canada not being safe for former slaves, and this book made me think about how the world really worked then. I also enjoyed the look at the abolitionist movement from a different perspective after knowing so much about William Wilberforce. ( ) worddragon | Mar 2, 2022 | I found the book somewhat anachronistic in places and the female protagonist so accomplished, so likely to always be in the very thick of events, that the comparison that comes to mind is Clan of the Cave Bear. (  ) muumi | Feb 1, 2022 | Vivid and compelling! ( ) Richard_Bradshaw | Jan 22, 2022 |
 With mature themes (e.g., a rape scene on the ship, descriptive killings, and sexual situations), this book is suited for older teens. Hill clearly researched multiple and sources to provide an accurate acount of Aminata's heroic journey and brings to life crucial world history. Teens who enjoyed Sharon Draper's Copper Sun will appreciate this page-turning novel.  An unforgettable epic, seen through the eyes of a sharply realized, indomitable heroine.  Unfortunately, [Hill's] didactic purpose gets the upper hand and overwhelms the story. Aminata is simply too noble to be believable, and other major characters are mainly symbolic. Nevertheless, Hill's fascinating source material makes this a good choice for book clubs and discussion groups. In depicting a woman who survives history's most trying conditions through force of intelligence and personality, Hill's book is a harrowing, breathtaking tour de force. Livet som slave: Velbalansert historisk fiksjon om slavehandelen og ondskapens banalitet
Abducted from Africa as a child and enslaved in South Carolina, Aminata Diallo thinks only of freedom. Sold to an indigo trader who recognizes her intelligence, Aminata is torn from her husband and child and thrown into the chaos of the Revolutionary War. In Manhattan, Aminata helps pen the Book of Negroes, a list of blacks rewarded for service to the king with safe passage to Nova Scotia. When the British abolitionists come looking for "adventurers" to create a new colony in Sierra Leone, Aminata assists in moving 1,200 Nova Scotians to Africa and aiding the abolitionist cause by revealing the realities of slavery to the British public. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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 Google Books — S'està carregant…GèneresClassificació Decimal de Dewey (DDC)813.54 — Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LCC (Clas. Bibl. Congrés EUA)ValoracióMitjana: (4.31)
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