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Hidden Histories: the slave trade and abolition
'Hidden Histories' is a project investigating the links between Hertfordshire people, the slave trade and abolition. Click on the links below to find out more about each of the exciting stories for young people on our booklist.
Don't forget you can reserve these free of charge at your local library!
- Chains by Frances Mary Hendry
- Coram Boy by Jamila Gavin
- Day of Tears: a novel in dialogue by Julius Lester
- Hero by Catherine R Johnson
- Iqbal: a novel by Francesco D'Adamo
- Nobody Gonna Turn Me 'Round: stories and songs of the Civil Rights movement by Doreen Rappaport
- Rebel Cargo by James Riordan
- Slave Girl; the diary of Clotee, Virginia, USA 1859 by Patricia C McKissack
- Slavery by Christine Hatt
- Snowbone by Cat Weatherill
- The Penalty by Mal Peet
- The Pirates of Pompeii by Caroline Lawrence
- The Slave Trade by Tom Monaghan
- Unheard Voices by Malorie Blackman
- Voyage of Slaves: a tale from the castaways of the Flying Dutchman by Brian Jacques
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