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Parents need to know that The Book of Negroes is a standout six-part miniseries chronicling an African woman's quest for freedom after years of enslavement. It views historical events -- and the evils of slavery -- through a realistic and often sobering lens but tends to focus on the main character's strength and resilience rather than on the horrors of her struggles.
Jan 18, 2007 · Lawrence Hill. 4.46. 87,726 ratings7,071 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. But years later, she forges her way to freedom, serving the British in the Revolutionary War, registering her name in the historic “Book of ...
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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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Feb 16, 2015 · The Bottom Line One of BET's most notable offerings to date. Based on the best-selling novel by Canadian author Lawrence Hill, The Book of Negroes begins in 1761 in a West African village, where ...
The Book of Negroes: Season 1 Reviews. This is an important series to consume fully and quickly, and then let it resonate. The buried history of the secret second American Revolution this country ...
Season 1 – The Book of Negroes. Taken from her West Africa village and dragged in chains to the coast, 11-year-old Aminata Diallo is sold into slavery. After a horrific ocean crossing to South ...
The Book of Negroes. Taken from her West Africa village and dragged in chains to the coast, 11-year-old Aminata Diallo is sold into slavery. After a horrific ocean crossing to South Carolina, she ...
