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The Slave Dancer

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Illustrator
  
Eros Keith

Language
  
English

Publication date
  
November 1974

Author
  
Paula Fox

Country
  
United States of America

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Translator
  
Bruce Davis

Cover artist
  
Eros Keith

Publisher
  
Bradbury Press

Originally published
  
1973

Genre
  
Historical Fiction

Awards
  
John Newbery Medal

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Characters
  
Jessie Bollier, Captain Cawthorne, Ned Grime

Similar
  
Paula Fox books, John Newbery Medal winners, Children's literature

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The Slave Dancer is a children's book written by Paula Fox and published in 1973. It tells the story of a boy called Jessie Bollier who witnessed first-hand the savagery of the African slave trade. The book not only includes an historical account, but it also touches upon the emotional conflicts felt by those involved in transporting the slaves from Africa to other parts of the world. The book received the Newbery Medal in 1974.

Contents

The slave dancer literary analysis


Plot

The Slave Dancer tells the story of a thirteen-year-old boy named Jesse Ollier. He gets captured at his home in New Orleans and taken to an American ship where he is forced to play his pipe so the other slaves can dance and keep their physical strength.

Author's opinion

Paula Fox expressed that for her The Slave Dancer was the most difficult book she had written so far. Being her first historical book she had difficulty trying to be the most accurate with historical events and the descriptions of the time.

References

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