120 pages • 4 hours read
Lawrence HillThe Book of Negroes
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Introduction
The Book of Negroes
- Genre: Fiction; historical
- Originally Published: 2007
- Reading Level/Interest: College/adult
- Structure/Length: 4 books; approx. 511 pages; approx. 15 hours, 46 minutes on audio
- Protagonist and Central Conflict: At 11 years old, Amanita Diallo is kidnapped from her village of Bayo, enslaved, and sold. Enduring barbaric acts, she also builds a family, makes a life in Nova Scotia, works with other abolitionists, and dreams of returning to Bayo.
- Potential Sensitivity Issues: Slavery, rape, kidnapping, generational trauma, systemic oppression, trauma associated with the African Diaspora
Lawrence Hill, Author
- Bio: Born 1957 in Canada; loved running; earned BA from Université Laval and MA at Johns Hopkins; taught college; worked as reporter; mentored in adult education programs; works as activist; volunteers in Niger, Cameroon, Mali; is on advisory council for Book Clubs for Inmates; writes novels, essays, memoirs; The Book of Negroes adapted into television miniseries; National Magazine Award for Is Africa’s Pain Black America’s Burden? (2006); Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (2012); Hamilton Literary Award for Blood: The Stuff of Life (2015)
- Other Works: Some Great Thing (1992); Any Known Blood (1997); Blood: The Stuff of Life (2013); The Illegal (2015)
- Awards: Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize (2007); Commonwealth Writers’ Prize (2008); Winning selection for CBC Radio's
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