The Book of Negroes
Ranked #8 in Canadian, Ranked #12 in Canadian History — see more rankings.
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British by recording all the freed slaves on the British side in the Revolutionary War in The Book of Negroes (a real historical document that can be found today at the National Archives at... more
Rankings by Category
The Book of Negroes is ranked in the following categories:
- #45 in Africa
- #73 in African
- #68 in African American
- #38 in African American History
- #74 in African History
- #28 in Canada
- #79 in Midwifery
- #13 in Slavery
- #91 in Thriller Crime
- #25 in Trade
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