Bound for Jamaica

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.