Queen of freedom : defending Jamaica
Johnson, Catherine, 1962-2020
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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.
Main title:
Queen of freedom : defending Jamaica / Catherine Johnson ; illustrated by Amerigo Pinelli.
Imprint:
London : Pushkin Children's Books, 2020.
Collation:
160 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
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Audience:
Juvenile.
ISBN:
9781782692799 (pbk)
Dewey class:
B NAN972.9JB/NANJ972.9JB NAN
Language:
English
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BRN:
3012233
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