I would like to recommend a fabulous historical fiction The Book of Negroes: a novel by Lawrence Hill. It has all the elements one could want from an historical work, it is fast paced, chock full of historical detail, has an extremely complelling central character and is very readable. It was the 2008 Evergreen Award Winner, it was selected as a Canada Reads pick and has won a number of other awards. In honour of Black History month take the time to read an excellent Canadian work of Fiction.