One-Sentence Summary The Book of Negroes tells the harrowing yet inspiring journey of Aminata Diallo, a resilient African woman who survives capture, enslavement, and displacement, and ultimately becomes a symbol of hope and perseverance amidst suffering. General Information Title: The Book of Negroes (published as Someone Knows My Name in the U.S.) Author: Lawrence Hill ISBN: 978-0393065787 Genre: Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, African-American, War Published Year: 2007 Introduction The Book of Negroes is a historical novel by Lawrence Hill that follows Aminata Diallo, a young African girl, through her capture from her village, her forced journey to America on a slave ship, and her life as an enslaved woman in the British colonies. The title refers to a historical document, the Book of Negroes , a ledger created by the British that documented the names of freed Loyalist slaves who were permitted to leave America for Nova Scotia at the end of the Revolutionary War. Hill...