The Slave Dancer
A Novel
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Kidnapped by the crew of an Africa-bound ship, a thirteen-year-old boy discovers to his horror that he is on a slaver and his job is to play music for the exercise periods of the human cargo.
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Publisher:
Scarsdale, N.Y., - Bradbury Press
Pages:
176
ISBN:
0878880623, 9780878880621, 0689845057, 9780689845055, 9780027355604, 0027355608
Language:
English
Contents:
History
Errand
Moonlight
Shrouds
Bight of Benin
Nicholas Spark walks on water
Spaniard
Ben Stout's mistake
Old man
Home and after.
Errand
Moonlight
Shrouds
Bight of Benin
Nicholas Spark walks on water
Spaniard
Ben Stout's mistake
Old man
Home and after.
Awards & Distinctions:
Newbery Medal, 1974.
Suitability:
59
Notes:
Reissued by Atheneum Books in 2001 as "A Richard Jackson book" with ISBN 0689845057. Reprinted by the publisher in 1985 with the ISBN 9780027355604.
Statement of responsibility:
by Paula Fox ; with illustrations by Eros Keith
Physical description:
176 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Add a Summary"A thirteen-year-old boy wanders down the New Orleans wharf to watch the slave traders unload their cargo. He is shanghaied aboard a ship bound for Africa to play for the slaves while they exercise. He befriends a black boy his age and they witness the horrors of slavery together." (Novelist Review)
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