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Between 1500 and 1800, over 12 million Africans were sold into slavery. This is the story of one boy who is kidnapped, sold and transported as a slave across the Atlantic from West Africa to a sugar plantation in Jamaica. The story of slavery told through a mixture of narrative and factual history. Find out the real story of the thousands of Africans taken from their homeland to work as slaves in the Americas and the Caribbean. *Help Key Stage 3 students move from Level 3b to Level 3a in reading. *Support comprehension with the illustrations and historical images that bring to life the experience of slavery. *Encourage shared and guided reading using the ready-made tasks and discussion points on the activity pages at the back of the book.

Book details

Book category Books in English Children's, Teenage & educational Educational material Educational: English language & literacy

• Full title: Bound for Jamaica
• Author: Gareth Calway
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 48
• EAN: 9780007489077
• ISBN: 0007489072
• ID: 01197053
• Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers
• Weight: 94 g
• Dimensions: 196 × 132 × 4 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. November 2012

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