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In this work, Australian author Mary Eliza Bakewell Gaunt writes about her experiences following her travel to the West Indies. After spending a few months in the old slave colony of Jamaica. She describes the region, its people, and its culture with excellent detail and precision. She talked about Jamaica from when it was under the crown of Britain to the period of slave rebellion and freeing for the enslaved people. Ultimately, she vividly describes Jamaica as she saw it during her stay.
Content includes:
Where the Twain Meet
Britain's First Tropical Colony
The White Bondsmen
Jamaica's First Historian
The Castles on the Guinea Coast
The Middle Passage
The Plantation
Slave Rebellions
The Maroons
The Footprints of the Years
The Making of Christians
The Freeing of the Slave
Jamaica as I Saw It
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