The Book of Negroes - Blog Post #3

In the novel, The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill it is solely based on slavery around the American Revolution. When Aminata is taken to New York by her slave owner Solomon Lindo it is a crucial part in the novel. Aminata escapes from Solomon Lindo because of rioting from the outbreak of the Revolution. She then begins to work as a midwife as her mother did, but also as a teacher on how to read and write. During the Revolution, there was a book called the Book of Negroes which was a list of all the American slaves who were freed and left the United States to resettle somewhere else. The American Revolution resulted in the Declaration of Independence, the Americans who served in the battle were slaves that earned their freedom by fighting, where other slaves freed themselves by running away. The Declaration of Independence states reasons for the British colonies of North America wanted independence in 1775. The American Revolution had a big impact on the slavery in the the 1700s and ties into Aminata's need for freedom because of the Revolution.