The Book of Negroes aka Someone Knows My Name by Lawrence Hill

I have just finished reading this book. I highly recommend it. Lawrence Hill writes in such a fluid manner that his story enters your consciousness easily and smoothly. And his subject matter is compelling. For me personally, whose ancestor left the US after the Revoluntionary War, and came to Nova Scotia, I found myself pulled in all the tighter, at unexpectedly finding similar detail in the book. That is where the similarity ends, though, as the woman in The Book of Negroes is black, and her experiences here were nothing like my those of my white ancestor's.

In the US, Australia and New Zealand, "The Book of Negroes" is published under the title "Someone Knows My Name".

Now I want to find more info, like how much of what Hill portrayed in his novel was actual fact. I have some googling to do.

Have you read this book? What did you think of it?