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Unheard Voices
Malorie Blackman
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Description for Unheard Voices
Paperback. In March 1807, the British Parliament passed an Act making the trading and transportation of slaves illegal. This book contains short stories and poems, which complement alongside first-hand accounts of slavery from freed slaves. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 5AN; YDC. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 43. Weight in Grams: 200.
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Random House Children's Publishers UK United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780552556002
SKU
V9780552556002
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-54
About Malorie Blackman
Malorie Blackman has written over seventy books for children and young adults, including the Noughts & Crosses series, Thief and a science-fiction thriller, Chasing the Stars. Many of her books have also been adapted for stage and television, including a BAFTA-award-winning BBC production of Pig-Heart Boy and a Pilot Theatre stage adaptation by Sabrina Mahfouz of Noughts & Crosses. There ... Read more
Reviews for Unheard Voices
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 ordeal
Guardian
This excellent collection of stories, poems and first-hand accounts is published to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the Slave Trade Act
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Guardian
This excellent collection of stories, poems and first-hand accounts is published to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the Slave Trade Act
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