In March 1807,the British Parliament passed an Act making the trading and transportation of slaves illegal. It was many years before slavery,as it was known then,was abolished,and slavery still continues today in different ways,but it was a big step forward towards the empancipation of a people. Malorie Blackman has drawn together some of the finest of today's writers and poets to contribute to this important anthology. Their short stories and poems sit alongside first-hand accounts of slavery from freed slaves,making a fascinating and absorbing collection that remembers and commemorates one of the most brutal and long-lasting inflictions of misery that human beings have inflicted upon other human beings.
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UKISBN: 9780552556002Number of pages: 272Weight: 191 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 17 mm
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The greatest strength of the anthology lies in its careful and effective juxtapositioning of punchy,thought provoking contemporary narratives with the articulate,measured eloquence of those who lived through the ordealThis excellent collection of stories,poems and first-hand accounts is published to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the Slave Trade ActUnheard Voices deserves to be in every school in the countryA riveting collection of stories,poems and first hand recollections on the theme of slavery that not only remembers and commemorates the 200th anniversary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act,but also celebrates the work of some of the finest black writersIf you think that marking this bicentenary is slightly unnecessary and a bitof a fuss about nothing,Unheard Voices a collection of writings put together by award-winning children's author Malorie Blackman,about what it meant to be a slave,will change your mind
Malorie Blackman
An award-winning British author and dramatist,Malorie Blackman is a major voice in children's publishing,holding the post of Waterstones Children's Laureate from 2013 to 2015. She is best-known for her bestselling novels Noughts & Crosses series as well as Pig Heart Boy,Thief, Cloud Busting,Boys Don't Cry and Chasing the Stars. The fifth novel in the Noughts & Crosses series,Crossfire,will be published in August 2019.
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