Queen of Freedom
Catherine Johnson
Kinder- und Jugendbücher / Geschichte, Politik
Beschreibung
The thrilling true story of how one woman masterminded slave resistance to British rule in eighteenth-century Jamaica - part of the True Adventures series 1720. Blue Mountains, windward Jamaica. In the sweltering heat Captain Shettlewood leads a troop of British soldiers through the thick trees towards the river. They are hunting slaves who have escaped from the brutal plantations. Their mission: to find them, and kill them. But up ahead, hidden among the rocks above the water, a group of men with cutlasses and muskets wait patiently for the instructions of their leader. Queen Nanny is a 'wise woman' with a reputation for ancient obeah magic, and a guerilla fighter with a genius for organisation. So the battle for Jamaica begins, the First Maroon War, in which the maroons - escaped slaves - will make a final, do-or-die stand against the slavers and soldiers of Empire.
Kundenbewertungen
British colonialism, strong female protagonist, freedom fighters, slave rebellion, Jamaican culture, Jamaican history, Catherine Johnson, Maroon War, forgotten women in history, Queen of Freedom, history of slavery, The Curious Tale of the Lady Caraboo, Sawbones, True Adventures, ambush and attack, children's adventure