Everyone should read this book. It is about the slave trade and slavery in general, and I learned much that I did not know before. As the book is extremely detailed, there are definitely sections that are quite emotional and difficult to read. How on EARTH could human beings do such things to each other? Awful, just awful.

The main character, Aminata is kidnapped from her village in Sierra Leone and transported to America. Sullivan's Island to be exact, then on to Charleston. While I generally enjoy reading books that take place in Charleston, this one certainly told the truth about the terrible history of "Charles Towne". The descriptions were quite interesting, but definitely not all positive or pleasant.

Yet the book overall does not finish on a sour note. It ends with England voting to make the slave trade illegal, and describes the abolitionist movement.