Tula

Longlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2015 An inspiring historical novel based on the true story of the Great Slave Revolt on Curaçao in 1795 - now a major motion picture starring Danny Glover and Jeroen Krabbé. Tula, a slave in Curaçao, is convinced that God made all human beings equal. Stirred by news from abroad -that the French have abolished slavery on neighbouring Haiti and that the New Dutch Republic is now under French rule-, Tula sets out to improve the position o