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.
Queen of Freedom : Defending Jamaica - Catherine Johnson
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