Ancestors by Paul Crooks

Ancestors by Paul Crooks

"A moving account of a Black British family that travels through the ages from slavery and beyond" BONNIE GREER

It is the late eighteenth century. Abroad a slave ship bound from West Africa to Jamaica, a terrified young boy is cared for by Ami, a fellow captive, who becomes his surrogate mother during that nightmare voyage. They are sold to separate owners, but their lives remain curiously intertwined, and the boy, now a man named August, marries Ami's daughter, Sarah.

Ancestors tells the story of their lives, their part in the struggle for emancipation, and the hope and faith that sustains them, and is inspired by Paul Crooks' unprecedented success tracing his family history from London, back six generations, to ancestors captured off the West African coast and enslaved on a sugar plantation in Jamaica.

Paul Crooks was born a stone's throw from Wembley Football Stadium and lives in London. He started searching for his African slave ancestors after being told it was not possible and it took him eleven years of research to trace them. Arcadia was pleased to publish the product of his labour, Ancestors, a fictionalised account of his great-great-great grandfather's part in the struggle for emancipation from 1798 to 1838.

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ISBN 13	9781901969078
ISBN 10	190196907X
Title	Ancestors
Author	Paul Crooks
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	BlackAmber Books
Year published	2002-04-01
Number of pages	308
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