The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill

Further Reading:

Fiction

• The Polished Hoe by Austin Clarke
• Stand the Storm by Breena Clarke
• The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman by Ernest J. Gaines
• Roots: the Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley
• The Known World by Edward P. Jones
• Beloved by Toni Morrison
• Amistad by David Pesci
• My Jim by Nancy Rawles
• The Help by Kathryn Stockett
• Cane River by Lalita Tademy
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker

Non-Fiction

• The Hanging of Angelique: the Untold Story of Canadian Slavery and the Burning of Old Montreal by Afua Cooper
• Refugees from Slavery: Autobiographies of Fugitive Slaves in Canada by Benjamin Drew
• Narrative of Sojourner Truth dictated by Sojourner Truth to Olive Gilbert
• A Shadow on the Household: One Enslaved Family’s Incredible Struggle for Freedom by Bryan Prince
• The Slave Ship: a Human History by Marcus Rediker

Further Information/Research:

• African Online: Slavery in Canada:  www.africanaonline.com/slavery_canada.htm
• Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia:   www.bccns.com/history/slavery/
• Black Loyalists: Our History, Our People:  www.blackloyalist.com/canadiandigitalcollection/story/prejudice/slaves.htm
• Lawrence Hill:  www.lawrencehill.com

Further Watching:

• Amistad (1997) starring Morgan Freeman & Anthony Hopkins
• Beloved (1998) starring Oprah Winfrey
• The Color Purple (1985) starring Whoopi Goldberg
• Roots (1977) starring LeVar Burton

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