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Lawrence Hill

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1) Someone knows my name

Author

Hill, Lawrence

Publisher

Not Supplied

Pub. Date

2007.

Language

English

Formats

Book - Regular Print, eAudiobook

Description

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Dreaming of escaping her life of slavery in South Carolina and returning to her African home, slave Aminata Diallo is thrown into the chaos of the Revolutionary War, during which she helps create a list of black people who have been honored for their service to the king.

2) Dear sir, I intend to burn your book: an anatomy of a book burning

Author

Hill, Lawrence

Series

Henry Kreisel lecture

Publisher

The University of Alberta Press

Pub. Date

2013.

Language

English

3) Blood: the stuff of life

Author

Hill, Lawrence

Publisher

NewSouth

Pub. Date

2014.

Language

English

4) The book of negroes

Author

Hill, Lawrence

Publisher

W.W. Norton & Co

Pub. Date

2015.

Language

English

Description

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Aminata Diallo is kidnapped from Africa as a child and sold as a slave in South Carolina. Fleeing to Canada after the Revolutionary War, she escapes to attempt a new life in freedom.

5) The Book of Negroes

Series

Book of Negroes

Publisher

BON Productions Inc. ; Out of Africa Entertainment (pty) Ltd

Pub. Date

2015.

Language

English

Description

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A universal story of loss, courage and triumph, this recounts the extraordinary journey of Aminata Diallo, an indomitable African woman who survives in a world in which everything seems to be against her. Kidnapped by slave traders in West Africa then sold into slavery in South Carolina, Aminata navigates her way through the American Revolution in New York, the isolated refuge of Nova Scotia, and the treacherous jungles of Sierra Leone, before finally...