Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Aminata Diallo
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The Book of Negroes: With Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Lyriq Bent, Ben Chaplin, Allan Hawco. Kidnapped in Africa and subsequently enslaved in South Carolina, Aminata must navigate a revolution in New York, isolation in Nova Scotia, and the treacherous jungles of Sierra Leone, in an attempt to secure her freedom in the eighteenth century.
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The Book of Negroes is a 2015 television miniseries based on the 2007 novel of the same name by Canadian writer Lawrence Hill. The book was inspired by the British freeing and evacuation of former slaves, known as Black Loyalists, who had left rebel masters during the American Revolutionary War.
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- January 7 –, February 11, 2015
The Book of Negroes is a document created by Brigadier General Samuel Birch, under the direction of Sir Guy Carleton, that records names and descriptions of 3,000 Black Loyalists, enslaved Africans who escaped to the British lines during the American Revolution and were evacuated to points in Nova Scotia as free people of colour.
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Jan 18, 2007 · The Book of Negroes. Lawrence Hill. 4.46. 87,064 ratings7,026 reviews. Abducted as a child from her village in West Africa and forced to walk for months to the sea, Aminata Diallo is sent to live as a slave in South Carolina.
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The Book of Negroes is a 2007 novel from Canadian writer Lawrence Hill. In the United States, Australia and New Zealand, the novel was published under the title Someone Knows My Name.
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Mar 29, 2018 · THE BOOK OF NEGROES is a six-part miniseries that follows the harrowing journey of Aminata Diallo and her return home after being forced into slavery as a child. Favourites. Parts. Sign in....
Allan Hawco. Soloman Lindo. Watchlist. TRAILER. Watchlist. TRAILER. Watchlist. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Advertise With Us. Taken from her West Africa village and dragged in chains to the...
