[aka The Book of Negroes]
I loved this book. I have been wanting something just like this for a while, but I didn't know how to find it. For some reason, I kept relating it to Ahab's Wife, one of my favorite books. The scope and historical setting (totally different in each book) were on the same level and each is an epic story centered on a woman's experiences, told in first person. This was a story of slavery from a perspective I had not come across before. The narrator Aminata Diallo is remarkable and a character who will stay with me for a long time.

I heartily recommend this to anyone who enjoys historical novels, epics like [b:House of the Spirits|9328|The House of the Spirits|Isabel Allende|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1621672028l/9328._SY75_.jpg|3374404] and [b:Ahab's Wife|7742|Ahab's Wife, or The Star-Gazer|Sena Jeter Naslund|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1442524251l/7742._SY75_.jpg|10803] and books where the main character is a strong woman.