1990 National Book Award for Fiction
1990 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (nominee)
To avoid an impending marriage and unscrupulous bill collectors, Rutherford Calhoun, a newly freed slave and irrepressible rogue, jumps aboard the first boat leaving New Orleans. However, it is a slave ship bound for Africa. Thus begins a voyage of horror and self-discovery.
Genre: Historical
Genre: Historical
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