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All the books by Lawrence Hill adapted to cinema and television
Lawrence Hill is known for being the author of the book The Book of Negroes, first published in 2007, which was adapted to television by Clement Virgo in 2015.
We invite you to watch, read, and vote for either the adaptation or the original, and join the debate on whether the book or the TV series is better.
The Book of Negroes
Lawrence Hill, 2007
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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.