The Book of Negroes. Poster of the 2015 TV series and cover of the 2007 book
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The Book of Negroes
Lawrence Hill, 2007
TV series vs book
Clement Virgo, 2015

In 1761, eleven-year-old Aminata Diallo is abducted and taken captive from her village in West Africa by a Dutch trading company. She meets another boy from her region, Chekura, who is working for the slavers but reveals he was sold into slavery by his uncle. She and Chekura are transported by ship to be sold into slavery in South Carolina, where the two are separated and she is forced to work on an indigo plantation.